Horrifyingly Huge New Stick Insect Discovered Exactly Where You Think
Australia is famous for hosting the weirdest creatures we’ve ever seen. Sometimes, these weird creatures also come extra-large—like…
Photographer Turns Fear into Fascination Through Her Macro Insect Shots
Blue Featherleg (Damselfly) Marit van Ekelenburg turns “fear into fascination” by revealing the beauty, diversity, and ecological importance…
‘Magical’: butterfly sightings across the UK this summer | Environment
“I live in the countryside and it’s been an incredible year for butterflies – we’ve seen marbled whites,…
Are fireflies going extinct? Actually, they seem to be thriving.
Rainy, damp weather along the eastern United States in summer 2025 has one upside: Fireflies love it. “Fireflies…
Leaping Lemurs! Global Nature Abounds in the 2025 BigPicture Competition — Colossal
Across a wide, rocky gap at the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve in Madagascar, a lemur is…
German customs officials find 1,500 tarantulas hidden in cake boxes at airport
Published on 14/07/2025 – 18:28 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Customs officials in Germany released photos on Monday from a seizure…
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of…
Scientists Create Tiny Insect-Inspired Camera That Captures 9,120 FPS in Near Darkness
A close-up of a robber fly’s eyes. Scientists have created a tiny camera inspired by insect eyes that…
The Next Wave of 17-Year Cicadas Is About to Party, Scream, and Die
A special brood of cicadas—an ancient lineage of the periodical insects—is set to burst from the soil this…
Man infected by one of ‘world’s largest human parasites’ after common cooking mistake
A man, from India, left medics baffled after they spotted a worm in his bladder. He later confessed…