A new scientific paper has shed light on some staggering ant facts, like the total population on Earth and how that compares to other species.
Besides making up almost half of the animal kingdom and being an integral part of the ecosystem, insects are also fascinatingly dynamic and bizarre.
Sharks with frickin’ laser beams are out, and bug guns with lasers are in. Laugh all you want, but the Bug-A-Salt has made Lorenzo Maggiore a very wealthy man.
The Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year 2020 competition shows these little critters in a rather refreshing light.
Researchers have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can be fitted to an insect – in this case, a beetle – which then streams video to a smartphone.
If black-fly-larvae croquettes and Mopane worm polenta sound good, then I have the perfect restaurant for you.
Insects outweigh all the humans on earth by a factor of 17, but they’re currently losing the battle against habitat loss, pollution and other man-made factors.