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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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