Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts may be drastically underestimated ...

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

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

An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of a new species of harvester ant, named Messor odrysarum.

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 ...