There may be 3 times more insect species than previously thought

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

We've Been Undercounting the Insects. There May Be Three Times as Many Species as We Knew

A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.
Climate Compass on MSN

The silent extinction list: 3 species disappearing before science can study them

There's a strange assumption most of us carry around without noticing it: that scientists have basically finished cataloguing ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Earth Might Be Home to 20 Million Insect Species—More Than Three Times as Many as Previously Thought, a Study Suggests

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...
Forbes

3 Species Facing Extinction And The Unique Reasons Why

Many types of plant, animal, and mammal species globally are at risk of extinction. Over 1 million species are threatened with extinction within the next few decades—an unprecedented rate, according ...

There may be three times as many species of insects than previously known, scientists warn

While experts previously estimated the number of Earth’s insect species at 6 million, scientists say a new analysis shows ...
CNN

Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...
The New York Times

Scientists Split Giraffes Into Four Species. Three Are in Trouble.

A reassessment of the iconic species has “some dramatic implications for how we view giraffe conservation across Africa,” a new study concludes. A Masai giraffe, native to East Africa, is one of four ...