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

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

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

Many fungi lead triple lives—acting as deadly insect pathogens, decomposers in the soil, and helpful partners living inside ...

There may be three times as many species of insects than previously known, scientists warn - As many as 40 percent of the ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have ...

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

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative ...

Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...

In a novel experiment at the University of Cincinnati, researchers recently isolated kissing bugs, fruit flies, mosquitoes ...