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

Many fungi lead triple lives—acting as deadly insect pathogens, decomposers in the soil, and helpful partners living inside ...

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

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

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

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

Something is causing tree swallows across North America to shrink, and scientists tracking nearly 50 years of data just ...

SHOPPERS heading abroad or outdoors this summer are being warned not to waste their cash on trendy, alternative mosquito ...

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

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

Volunteers could help to encourage a once-widespread wetland insect by taking part in a project to breed them at home.

Researchers are investigating the causes and consequences of the worldwide insect decline as well as considering potential countermeasures. A researcher from Mainz University has published work in a ...