When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...

An insect species new to science, Tinodes lumbardhi, found in a river in Kosovo, is already on the verge of collapse.

If you said “the numeral ‘one’ with 18 zeros attached to it,” you’re correct and you probably have an interest in numbers. If you said “one-tenth of the number of insects in the world” you may – or ...

New research from Brazil shows terrestrial insects there are declining both in abundance and diversity, while aquatic insects are largely staying steady. Given a dearth of long-term data on tropical ...