The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Every time an inventory of insects and other arthropods is conducted in New Mexico, new species are discovered. The state, home to thousands of native pollinator species, is a “biodiversity hot spot” ...

They are the smallest animals.But they are essential to the health of our planet.We find them under the soil, hidden in plant ...

Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.

All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are insects ... thousands or tens of thousands of species. For example, about 18,000 species of butterfly exist - think monarch, zebra swallowtail or ...

All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are ... thousands or tens of thousands of species. For example, about 18,000 species of butterfly exist – think monarch, zebra swallowtail ...

A professor has published details of a rare "inside-out, legless, headless wonder" fossil from 444 million years ago, which ...

A rare fossil from 444 million years ago, which belonged to a previously-undiscovered species, has been named "Sue" after the mother of the palaeontologist who discovered it. Prof Sarah Gabbott has ...

For example, the misconception that fungi are plants is ... This group of fungi includes species that rely on arthropods to disperse their spores or act as hosts for them. Many of these fungi live as ...

Beetles alone account for almost one-third of the number, about 1.5 million species. By comparison, there are “only” an ...