Fiji's ants might be the canary in the coal mine for the insect apocalypse
Community genomics of museum ant specimens enables reconstruction of long-term population dynamics across Fiji, revealing historical baselines to assess recent insect declines.
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects' decline on remote islands
79% of Fiji's endemic ant species have declined, with declines beginning around human arrival ~3,000 years ago and accelerating over the past 300 years.