Moths

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

Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths

Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths

Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths

This camouflaged critter wears severed insect body parts like a coat

This camouflaged critter wears severed insect body parts like a coat

This camouflaged critter wears severed insect body parts like a coat

How these trickster caterpillars outwit and outlast other insects

Photography
Exposure

How these trickster caterpillars outwit and outlast other insects

How these trickster caterpillars outwit and outlast other insects

These photos are works of art—and the artists are bugs

Photography
Exposure

These photos are works of art—and the artists are bugs

These photos are works of art—and the artists are bugs

Like a moth to a flame? A new study debunks an age-old theory

Like a moth to a flame? A new study debunks an age-old theory

Like a moth to a flame? A new study debunks an age-old theory

Can woolly bear caterpillars really predict the weather?

Can woolly bear caterpillars really predict the weather?

Can woolly bear caterpillars really predict the weather?

These mysterious moths fly at night in a straight line—but how?

These mysterious moths fly at night in a straight line—but how?

These mysterious moths fly at night in a straight line—but how?

More than 130 years after its discovery, this moth was finally photographed alive

Animals
Photo Ark

More than 130 years after its discovery, this moth was finally photographed alive

More than 130 years after its discovery, this moth was finally photographed alive

Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works.

Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works.

Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works.

Upgraded toilet, natural repellents, and kicking up dirt

Magazine
Breakthroughs

Upgraded toilet, natural repellents, and kicking up dirt

Upgraded toilet, natural repellents, and kicking up dirt

An insect’s surprising way of seeing, and other revelations

Magazine
Breakthroughs

An insect’s surprising way of seeing, and other revelations

An insect’s surprising way of seeing, and other revelations

Bison or buffalo? Possum or opossum? What's the difference?

Bison or buffalo? Possum or opossum? What's the difference?

Bison or buffalo? Possum or opossum? What's the difference?

Discovery reveals secrets about how ghost orchids reproduce

Discovery reveals secrets about how ghost orchids reproduce

Discovery reveals secrets about how ghost orchids reproduce

Blood-squirting insects and more tiny creatures flourish in African park

Animals
Last Wild Places

Blood-squirting insects and more tiny creatures flourish in African park

Blood-squirting insects and more tiny creatures flourish in African park

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