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

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.

A new study more than doubles previous estimates of how many distinct kinds of insects are currently inhabiting the planet.

Click to open image viewer. Mantophasma zephyra (Klass, Zompro, Kristensen, Adis, 2002) or the West Wind Gladiator, one of several recently described species of a new order of carnivorous insects from ...

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 ...

The future of the food system on the planet is increasingly facing uncertainties that are attributable to population growth and a surge in demand for nutritious food. Traditional agricultural ...