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 ...

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

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

Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

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

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 ...

SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the ...