Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

From bears and bobcats to eagles and elk, 22,893 species have been documented so far in Great Smoky Mountains National Park — and nearly half of them are insects. Becky Nichols, the park’s long-time ...

The number of insect species is mind-boggling — and they are a critical part of the environment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. More than 75 percent of the world’s insect species are insufficiently ...

Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and recycling services but, despite concerns about population declines, little is ...

Researchers have found traces of more than 400 different types of insects in a single tea bag using a new technique they have developed. The study's lead researcher, Professor Henrik Krehenwinkel, of ...

Observations of abundance changes in one group of insects—for example grasshoppers—say very little about how other types of insects, such as flies, are doing, even in the same place. This is because ...

An insect species new to science, Tinodes lumbardhi, found in a river in Kosovo, is already on the verge of collapse.