Daily Mail News – Science & Tech
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 14:20 EST, 29 January 2026 | Updated: 16:01 EST, 29 January 2026
The world’s insects are falling silent at an alarming rate, a development a critical care physician has warned may signal a looming crisis for humanity.
Dr Joseph Varon, a Houston-based doctor, issued the stark warning this week, saying insects, including beetles, butterflies, moths, flies, mosquitoes and bees, are disappearing at dramatic rates, a ‘critical red flag for ecological instability.’
Varon likened the growing quiet to a dangerous moment in medicine, when a patient suddenly goes silent just before a system failure.
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