Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

Despite our outsized impact on the planet, humans are not the dominant species. For every person on Earth, there are approximately 1.4 billion insects. All together, they would weigh 70 times more ...

Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

Photographer Thorben Danke combines hundreds of shots to create breathtaking images of the tiny creatures Joe Spring - Former Associate Editor, Science An unidentified fly from the order Diptera, ...

Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

Of the 2 421 insect species listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 27% face risks related to climate change. Strategies for insect conservation in this period of ...

Barrett Klein - Author of The Insect Ephipany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture If you were asked to select five insects that have most profoundly altered humanity since Homo sapiens ...

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