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

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

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

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

Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. The new calculations, detailed in a study published on Monday in Proceedings of the ...

Something is causing tree swallows across North America to shrink, and scientists tracking nearly 50 years of data just pinpointed the culprit. The answer points to a quiet crisis unfolding in ...

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

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

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

More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized. A group of ...

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