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

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

While experts previously estimated the number of Earth’s insect species at 6 million, scientists say a new analysis shows ...

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

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

Experts have accepted an estimate of around six million living insect species, an appraisal that has stood for the last 40 ...

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

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

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

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

More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized. A group of ...

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