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, ...

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

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

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

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

To estimate global insect diversity, the team extrapolated further, comparing the number of different species of trees in the ...

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

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

Thanks to AI, you can now identify an insect from a photo in a matter of seconds. We rounded up the best apps doing this ...

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