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

There may be three times as many species of insects than previously known, scientist warn - As many as 40 percent of the ...

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

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

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 ...

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative figure — of which only about 1.2 million have been described, meaning formally ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...