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

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have ...

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

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

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...