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

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

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

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.

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative figure — of which only about 1.2 million have been described, meaning formally ...

Researchers have identified three new snake mantis species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Their flat, leaf-hugging ...