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…
Tarantula mating season is coming. Brace for ‘hordes’ of them.
These misunderstood, wandering arachnids are often simply young males in search of love. Here’s where you might see…
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…
What’s That Splatter on Your Windshield?
via Rebekah McClean Kersplat … thwack … thunk … wham! There’s nothing quite like a summer road trip…
‘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,…
Dogs Are Being Trained to Track Elusive Spotted Lanternfly and Save Crops from Devastation
Fozzie and Scott Hurst of Salem, Virginia, search a park bench for evidence of the invasive spotted lanternfly…
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…
Hungary’s oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation
PANNONHALMA, Hungary — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval…