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.

Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...

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

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts may be drastically underestimated ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...

Discover the pink winged stick insect, Madagascar’s master of camouflage, its behavior, and endangered status.

While experts previously estimated the number of Earth’s insect species at 6 million, scientists say a new analysis shows there could be up to three times more. Prior estimates of about six million ...

More than 75 percent of the world’s insect species are insufficiently protected when it comes to conservation areas around the globe, according to a recent new study. From our favorites like bees and ...

The extraordinary diversity of insects and fishes, the most species-rich invertebrate and vertebrate groups in the animal kingdom, is partly due to the origin of venom, a new study of their evolution ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...