Zoraptera, also known as angel insects or ground lice, are tiny termite-like insects generally found underneath bark or in ...

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative ...

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 ...

Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. The new ...

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

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 ...

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

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 has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for ...