Among the approximately 16,000 new species described every year, roughly 6,000 are insects. Pictured here is a lanternfly from India. About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a ...

Scientists studying venomous insects made an unexpected discovery inside a simple lunchbox container — one that could help explain how alien life might evolve. The belief that creatures on the other ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...