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A winter monarch cluster roosting in a eucalyptus tree at Pismo Beach.
Pismo Beach, California

Monarch Butterfly Grove

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.
<em>Apollo 15</em> astronaut David Scott sampled the lunar surface in 1971.
insects

Humanity Has Managed to Change Places We've Barely Even Visited

From the Mariana Trench to the Moon, we don't have to be in a place very much to muck it up.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 4, 2019
Don't touch the fatberg.
cemeteries

The Year in Grossness

2018 was chock-full of nauseating delights.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 28, 2018
Lots of contenders here.
spiders

The Best Bugs to Befriend in the New Year

Get to know some cuddly roaches and dramatic beetles.
Abbey Perreault December 26, 2018
One of many beautiful dioramas.
Pokhara, Nepal

Annapurna Natural History Museum Butterfly Collection

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.
A green darner dragonfly on the move.
science

Tiny Dragonflies Travel Hundreds of Miles, to Mate and Then Die

One generation commutes one way, the next comes back.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 19, 2018
Garlic smashed potatoes with superworms.
insects

Roaches Taste Like Blue Cheese, and Other Bugsgiving Revelations

This Thanksgiving, why not feast on insects?
Ella Morton November 20, 2018
The mounds were once hidden by the forest.
tunnels

Northeast Brazil Is Dotted With Millions of Enormous Termite Mounds

The soaring cones cover a landscape nearly the size of Great Britain.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 19, 2018
insects

How a 'Bug Whisperer' Helps Haters Learn to Love Insects

“The fear and hatred of insects is just the fear of the unknown,” says Aaron Rodriques.
Lizzie Philip November 14, 2018
The Antherina suraka moth, safe under its furry coat.
science

Moth Fur Is the Ultimate Acoustic Armor

It muffles the clicks of ravenous, echolocating bats.
Matthew Taub November 9, 2018
<em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquitoes can transmit disease.
insects

How to Mail Mosquitoes

It involves a syringe.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 7, 2018
Video • AO Docs

Meet a Bug Whisperer and His Traveling Insect Zoo

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The star of the show: a woolly worm.
insects

A Visit to the Foremost Annual Festival for Weather-Predicting Caterpillars

Woolly worms may not be the greatest meteorologists, but they sure are entertaining.
Gray Chapman November 2, 2018
"A roving mole."
national parks

Why Does It Look Like This National Park Building in Alaska Is Sprouting Hair?

The answer might not sit well with arachnophobes.
Anna Kusmer November 1, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Grilled Bee Honeycomb With Larvae

The Laotian street food is mildly sweet and surprisingly juicy.
This cow was the bait for the decoy, but was kept at a distance from the trap.
insects

To Build a Better Mosquito Trap, First Put a Cow in a Tent

Then pipe its scent to a warm decoy.
Samir S. Patel October 15, 2018
Pavel Tveretinov (left) and Vitaliy Yeroshenko of California were arrested in 2017 after law enforcement officials found thousands of beehives, worth nearly one million dollars, some stolen from orchards hundreds of miles apart.
insects

California’s Almond Harvest Has Created a Golden Opportunity for Bee Thieves

Hives have never been more valuable.
Byard Duncan October 10, 2018
A butterfly tagged with a Monarch Watch ID in Washington, DC, in 2012.
insects

Tag, You're an Insect

Tracking small creatures is frustrating, delicate, fascinating work.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 5, 2018