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

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

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

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 ...

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

Are insects really declining as badly as previous studies have forecasted? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of more than a dozen researchers ...

They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

Cargill and French-based InnovaFeed extended their strategic partnership to bring sustainable, novel feed options to additional segments of the animal nutrition industry. Initially, their ...

Arizona has its fair share of creepy critters, but most won't hurt you. These five are a different story. See the most ...