Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on ...

Introduction -- Insects, spiders, and people -- Scope and arrangement of this guide -- Classification -- What is an insect? -- The body plan of insects and entognaths -- Growth and development of ...

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

It’s a question that has foxed biologists for centuries. Just how many species of animal are there? Well, a new study might have just blown all previous estimates out of the water, at least as far as ...

An international research team including the University of Göttingen has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and ...