“It’s a bit like giving the soil a DNA test.” A new droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method quantifies root DNA directly from soil ...

Fieldwork for the California Intertidal Biodiversity DNA Barcode Library Project officially began in San Diego on June 21, ...

Insects may be even more dominant on Earth than scientists thought. A new estimate suggests the planet could hold 14 million ...

Scientists estimate at least between 14 and 30 million insect species, not just six million.

Dr Robert Puschendorf, Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, used his expertise in the tropical rainforests of ...

A new study has presented an updated estimate of the total number of insect species worldwide. The results suggest that 8 ...

Insects may be far more numerous than anyone thought. A new study estimates that Earth holds 14 million to 20 million insect ...

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

Scientists studying Puerto Rico's shark fishery made an unexpected discovery: juvenile scalloped hammerheads being caught ...

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

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on ...

Aquatic fungi remain one of the most understudied microbial groups in freshwater and marine ecosystems, largely because conventional culturing and ...