New beetle genus named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species

New rove beetle species uses termite puppet on its back to trick termites into feeding it

Researchers have discovered a new species of rove beetle that uses an extraordinary form of mimicry to trick termites. The beetle grows a hi

New rove beetle species uses termite puppet on its back to trick termites into feeding it

Researchers have discovered a new species of rove beetle that uses an extraordinary form of mimicry to trick termites. The beetle grows a hi

New Australian Bee Species Discovered with Horn-Like Facial Projections

Australian researchers have discovered a new species of native bee with distinctive horn-like projections on the female's face, earning it t

Proposal to standardize DNA barcodes as baseline for invertebrate species descriptions

This commentary argues that species descriptions in taxonomy, particularly for hyperdiverse and morphologically challenging "dark taxa" (sma

Urokodia sheds light on the origin of chelicerae and book gills of Chelicerata

New study estimates up to 20 million insect species may exist, with only 1 million discovered so far

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences estimates that only a tiny fraction of living insect species ha

Study suggests insect species count may be far higher than previous estimates

A study led by an associate professor from Costa Rica suggests there may be millions more insect species on Earth than previously estimated