How Many Bugs Do You Eat Every Day?
The answer is way higher than zero, unfortunately.
The answer is way higher than zero, unfortunately.
Because not everyone can handle dog ownership.
Who knew surface tension could be photographed? Of course, now that we know their secret, the wasps have to kill us.
Nature, what are you doing? Evolution is real, and it is terrifying.
Photographer Thomas Shahan gets up close and personal with insects while he introduces you to the world of high magnification macro photography.
It’s summer, the mosquitos are buzzing and you want relief. Can you really battle bugs with sound, though?
And here’s why honey bees die after stinging someone.
Holy nightmare.
Ondrej Pakan actually sits in the rain, waiting for the downpour to end, then snaps these amazing shots of his models.
We’ve covered ants before, but everyone in the country didn’t immediately start smashing every ant they came across, so obviously you didn’t listen. And we’ll all pay for it.
Now that’s team work! These ants are attempting to carry a dead gecko up a wall, and they’re doing a pretty good job. (via viralviralvideos.com) Watch Video ›
Nature is awesome. Who knew two insects mating could be so beautiful? (via) View Image ›
Mother Nature continues to laugh in the face of technology.
The thought of eating an insect may not be too appetizing, but did you know there’s a whole culinary art dedicated to it? Whether you prefer them baked, salted or served over rice, there’s more than one way to eat a bug. View List ›
Certain chemical death of insects has never looked so awesome. Super slo-mo super close-ups of bugs getting sprayed in the face with poison. View List ›
Fascinating explanation of insects’ flying abilities set to pretty adorable animation. Hey, fellow NPR junkies, listen up! Your local NPR station needs your support now more than ever. Support Public Radio! Watch Video ›
All of your nightmares in one post. View List ›
Animals eat insects, and their own poop, and their own children. Trust us, it gets weirder.
They crawl, they bite, they make your sister wake you up at night. These guys might one day also save your life. SO LET’S GET TO EATING THEM ALL! View List ›
Go flutterbye, go! Escape those penguins. Watch Video ›
You’ll need an awful lot of bug spray to kill one of these critters … that’s if you get over the shock fast enough to use it! View List ›
A Taiwanese woman has taken a sizable bite out of Taiwan’s mosquito population, and won a 3,000 US dollar cash prize, by catching around 4 million of the bloodsuckers in just one month. View Image ›
To bee or not to bee? People like to cover themselves in a lot of things, so why not bees? They’re bright, productive and in case it rains you’ll always have a yellow jacket. View List ›
msnbc.com posted these amazing photos of animals and insects captured with high-speed photography. The photos were taken using a device known as a Phototrap, which allows photos to be taken at speeds faster than normal human reaction time. View List ›
Painter Chris Trueman has created a unique painting by using 200,000 dead harvester ants instead of paint. This awesome painting is priced at $35,000. View List ›
Gurt Swanenberg combines 17th century natural history collections with pop culture images to make nature look the way God actually would have intended if he’d thought of it. View List ›
Following an especially wet spring in Colorado, ladybugs are so ubiquitous in one town that they’ve managed to make the tree bark look red. Sadly, neither Rodney Dangerfield nor Jackée Harry have been spotted on any local soccer fields (…yet). Watch Video ›
And I never slept again. View Image ›
Ever wanted to have a fully customizable pet spider walking around your computer screen? Me neither. But now, you can, with Virtual Spider! By adjusting spider attributes like spider color, spider speed, leg size and body scale, Virtual Spider really makes your arachnophobic dreams come true. Read More ›
BigDog is a four-legged robot that can negotiate any terrain you throw at it. Frighteningly agile, the robot looks more like an extra-terrestrial insect than a dog. I can’t pinpoint exactly what it is, perhaps it’s the high-pitched buzzing noise, but watching the thing in action is hilarious. The thing really looks hell bent on completing its mission. Watch Video ›