Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. The new ...

A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.

Experts have accepted an estimate of around six million living insect species, an appraisal that has stood for the last 40 ...

For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.

Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

It’s a question that has foxed biologists for centuries. Just how many species of animal are there? Well, a new study might have just blown all previous estimates out of the water, at least as far as ...

A new study more than doubles previous estimates of how many distinct kinds of insects are currently inhabiting the planet.

Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...