Wildlife conservation is critical to sustaining the planet's biodiversity and health. But putting together a conservation ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have found only about 1 million species, that means more than 4.5 million species ...

This site, located at nmrare.org, is designed to educate and inform users about rare, endemic, and threatened arthropod species in New Mexico. The platform aims to compile information on these ...

Every time an inventory of insects and other arthropods is conducted in New Mexico, new species are discovered. The state, home to thousands of native pollinator species, is a “biodiversity hot spot” ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

Kolkata: Scientists from Kolkata-headquartered Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) made a significant discovery with the ...

But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters ... have named one million insect species but studies estimate that four million are still uncategorized. The oldest insect fossil—a mandible ...

Insect predators found in the United States could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in check while potentially ...

“These living fossils urgently need Endangered Species Act protection. Horseshoe crabs have saved countless human lives, and now we should return the favor.” Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored ...