Researchers developed a forensic proteomics workflow that identified the species origin of hair using protein biomarkers ...

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

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

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

An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—and their bacterial hosts, offering a ...

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 ...

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

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

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