A Clemson entomologist took a year off from teaching and came back with a discovery so enormous it rewrote what scientists ...

A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in insect taxonomy in the ...

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

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they ...

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

BERKELEY — Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn’t been ...

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts may be drastically underestimated ...

Six new beetle species have been discovered in South America by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Among them is one with a distinctively shaped sexual organ that has led the researchers to ...

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

The emerald ash borer could impact more than one million ash trees, as experts urge residents to watch for signs.

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re ...