The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, ...

Over 70 new species, from insects to dinosaurs, were identified in 2025 by combining fieldwork, museum collections, and ...

New insect species are discovered on a regular basis—just this month researchers detailed a wasp that takes over another species' mind, a moth that was named after Donald Trump and two species of ...

A new study shows scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, revealing Earth still holds vast unknown ...

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...