This enormous and important part of the animal kingdom may not be most people's favorite, but insects are a diverse, resilient and ancient bunch that date back almost 400 million years. But because of ...

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The Royal Entomological Society’s Photography Competition highlights the wonder and diversity of the six-legged creatures that crawl, swim and fly across the planet Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web ...

Enticing reward, if you’re trying to get a lime-colored Cecropia caterpillar munching happily on an extended tree branch to cooperate while you snap its picture. Other times, no amount of coaxing will ...

Nature photographer and University of Delaware alumnus Patrick Carney often can be found teaching children and adults to recognize the same beauty in their surroundings that he captures so ...

Amateur photographer Jamie Thorpe had been taking photos for 30 years before he caught the insect bug during the first lockdown. Jamie, whose day job is a painter and decorator, said: “I just bought a ...

THIS spectacular but terrifying close-up of a red palm weevil exposes every detail of the insect’s rusty-coloured exterior, which is usually hard to spot by eye. At between 2 and 4 centimetres long, ...

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