While experts previously estimated the number of Earth’s insect species at 6 million, scientists say a new analysis shows ...

Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. The new calculations, detailed in a study published on Monday in Proceedings of the ...

Insects may be far more numerous than anyone thought. A new study estimates that Earth holds 14 million to 20 million insect ...

The image of biological discovery is usually tied to distant rainforests, isolated islands or mountain ranges that few people ...

Insects may be even more dominant on Earth than scientists thought. A new estimate suggests the planet could hold 14 million to 20 million insect species, far above the long-accepted figure of about 6 ...

The discovery of the Chilean recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta) in Porto is the first record of this venomous species in ...

There's another flying insect to watch out for.

A mosquito-control district will release mosquitoes into Rosemont weekly starting July 7 to help eliminate dangerous species populations that could harm residents, according to a district statement ...

For generations of New Forest commoners and walkers, the high-pitched, metallic hum of the New Forest cicada, Britain’s only native cicada species was a familiar woodland phenomenon.  Yet by the 1980s ...

Are there any plants and creatures that could be taken to the moon and would survive, reproduce and be a viable food source in, say, 25 years’ time? Robin Maguire Hobart, Tasman ...

A new lab study has identified the Australian jungle huntsman spider as the world's fastest arachnid, achieving speeds of ...

Perhaps a part-robot, part-insect giant cockroach capable of diving underwater for as much as three hours at a time. In a new study, researchers describe how they made “cyborg” bugs that could help ...