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 ...

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

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

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

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...