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

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

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

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

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

Something is causing tree swallows across North America to shrink, and scientists tracking nearly 50 years of data just ...

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

Scientists estimate at least between 14 and 30 million insect species, not just six million.

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

Volunteers could help to encourage a once-widespread wetland insect by taking part in a project to breed them at home.

Thanks to AI, you can now identify an insect from a photo in a matter of seconds. We rounded up the best apps doing this ...