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

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

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

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or places. That makes it hard to understand what is happening at larger scales.