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Study Estimates About 20 Million Insect Species, Far Above Previous Counts

Using DNA barcodes with a novel statistical upscaling method, the peer‑reviewed analysis finds most insect species are undescribed and may face rising conservation and taxonomic challenges.

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Australia’s Heaviest Stick Insect Acrophylla Alta Is Formally Described as Researchers Hunt for Males

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Scientists Formally Describe Australia’s Heaviest Insect, Acrophylla alta

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Scientists Identify Giant Queensland Stick Insect as Australia’s Heaviest

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New Forest Cicadas Reintroduced and Start Laying Eggs in Hampshire Habitat

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New Giant Sea Bug Species Resembling Darth Vader Discovered in Vietnam

Insect Species

Study Estimates About 20 Million Insect Species, Far Above Previous Counts

Study Raises Conservative Global Insect Count to 14–20 Million

Dozens of Potentially New Species Found on Angola’s Remote Lisima Plateau

Meghalaya’s First Firefly Records Identify Two New Species

Australia’s Heaviest Stick Insect Acrophylla Alta Is Formally Described as Researchers Hunt for Males

Scientists Formally Describe Australia’s Heaviest Insect, Acrophylla alta

Scientists Identify Giant Queensland Stick Insect as Australia’s Heaviest

New Forest Cicadas Reintroduced and Start Laying Eggs in Hampshire Habitat

New Giant Sea Bug Species Resembling Darth Vader Discovered in Vietnam