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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Invertebrate vaccine science has crossed a commercial threshold: Dalan Animal Health’s United States Department of ...

Kenny Torrella is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect section, with a focus on animal welfare and the future of meat. “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came ...