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

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

Imagine waking up tomorrow to complete silence. No buzzing bees, no chirping crickets, no butterflies drifting through ...

A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, according to a new study. The team imaged live cells of fruit flies in the last ...

Wormlion fly larvae that sat in a museum for 48 years have now been matched with adults from Tibet, and identified as a new ...

Trying to find out how to get rid of fruit flies? We spoke to a pest expert from the NPMA and an entomologist for tips on ...

My native shrubbery, in particular the umbels of tiny white flowers on the gray dogwood, were attracting a lot of attention. Spending time with those flowers, I learned at least two things. First, I ...