Animals

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.