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He spotted the insect when it moved, but even then struggled to separate it from its background through the viewfinder.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Dragonfly is a survivor, just like its insect namesake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

"Across the country, we've watched preventable conditions -- overgrown stands, insect outbreaks and disease -- turn healthy landscapes into tinderboxes," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

No insect shocks him more than the female praying mantis, a creature with a pious name that belies her appetite for other insects—and even for her own mate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Fortunately, today’s scientists, historians, and art collectors have rediscovered and acknowledged her work for what it is: amazingly beautiful, accurate portrayals of insect metamorphoses and ecosystems.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

The birds feed on insects living on rhinos and can also act as sentinels - calling to warn their hosts when danger approaches.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Urgent adaptations are needed to mitigate the effects of successive heatwaves on plants and the insects that rely on them to thrive," the society said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

That’s not typical behavior for insects, according to Megan Barkdull, assistant curator of entomology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

When insects are considered more broadly, haplodiploidy alone does not reliably predict whether eusociality will evolve.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Just as woodpeckers specialise in extracting insects from the trunks of trees, the first humans specialised in extracting marrow from bones.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari