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

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

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

There may be three times as many species of insects than previously known, scientists warn - As many as 40 percent of the world’s insects are in decline ...

Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. The new ...

Insects may be even more dominant on Earth than scientists thought. A new estimate suggests the planet could hold 14 million ...

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 ...

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

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