Ants

Invading queen ant tricks workers into killing their mother

Invading queen ant tricks workers into killing their mother

Invading queen ant tricks workers into killing their mother

How a cordyceps fungus turns ants into ‘zombies’

Animals
Hostile Planet

How a cordyceps fungus turns ants into ‘zombies’

How a cordyceps fungus turns ants into ‘zombies’

These incredible photos show you life from a bug’s perspective

Photography
Exposure

These incredible photos show you life from a bug’s perspective

These incredible photos show you life from a bug’s perspective

Can humans smell insects? The truth about the viral debate

Can humans smell insects? The truth about the viral debate

Can humans smell insects? The truth about the viral debate

Scientists find 113-million-year-old ‘hell ant’ with scythe jaws

Scientists find 113-million-year-old ‘hell ant’ with scythe jaws

Scientists find 113-million-year-old ‘hell ant’ with scythe jaws

Go inside a wood ant nest, the largest above ground in the world

Go inside a wood ant nest, the largest above ground in the world

Go inside a wood ant nest, the largest above ground in the world

These ants are saving our forests—by spraying acid everywhere

These ants are saving our forests—by spraying acid everywhere

These ants are saving our forests—by spraying acid everywhere

18 striking photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers

18 striking photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers

18 striking photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers

These ants use moonlight to find their way home

These ants use moonlight to find their way home

These ants use moonlight to find their way home

These ants perform life-saving amputations on each other

These ants perform life-saving amputations on each other

These ants perform life-saving amputations on each other

Meet some of the fiercest queens of the animal kingdom

Meet some of the fiercest queens of the animal kingdom

Meet some of the fiercest queens of the animal kingdom

See the extraordinary lives of ordinary bugs

Animals
Exposure

See the extraordinary lives of ordinary bugs

See the extraordinary lives of ordinary bugs

See our best wildlife photos from 2023

Animals
2023 in Review

See our best wildlife photos from 2023

See our best wildlife photos from 2023

Meet the animals that can handle extreme heat

Meet the animals that can handle extreme heat

Meet the animals that can handle extreme heat

See the uncommon beauty of the common ant

See the uncommon beauty of the common ant

See the uncommon beauty of the common ant

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