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I think you might be mistaken.

Not just vertebrates: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

It's biomass that's decreasing, not just numbers: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/amazon-may-lose-65-percen...

Yes, maritime animals too: https://www.int-res.com/articles/theme/m512p155.pdf

And yes, plant biomass too: http://www.pnas.org/content/115/25/6506 (This one's on a much longer timeline, so hard to compare)

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This article is about vertebrates, though. The headline is distinctly incorrect, whatever else is happening to flying insect biomass, or even plants, the article is a survey of vertebrate decline. Vertebrates are one subphyllum of the chordates, not even the most diverse phyllum of animals. Even children know snails are animals but not vertebrates, so how does a journalist miss this.

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