A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.
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 ...
New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.
For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.
A groundbreaking study suggests Earth may host up to 20.3 million insect species, significantly more than the previously estimated 6 million. Researchers conducted extensive surveys in Costa Rica, ...
Austin Baker and his team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are leading an ambitious effort to DNA-barcode every insect species in California as part of the statewide CalATBI ...