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15 Places to Experience Bioluminescence Around the World

From a tunnel in Australia to the forests of California, these luminous spots around the world are best visited on moonless nights.
Edited by Holyn Thigpen August 17, 2026
Coconut Creek, Florida

Butterfly World

More than 20,000 butterflies can be seen at this spectacular park and research center.
Enterprise, Alabama

Ronald McDonald Boll Weevil Statue

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.
San Pedro, Costa Rica

Insect Museum

A hidden wonder displaying insects large and small.
USDA and Washington State agriculture officials tagged this Asian giant hornet. Sept. 10, 2021.
forests

What Ever Happened to the Murder Hornets?

Asian giant hornets, or murder hornets, are officially eradicated in the U.S. and Canada—for now.
The Podcast Team July 14, 2025
Oaxaca, Mexico

Nocheztlicalli - Museo Ecológico de Grana Cochinilla

Here you can learn about an insect that was called "cactus blood," which trade turned immensely valuable as "red gold".
Morioka, Japan

Grave of Princess Centipede

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.
Researchers at Flinders University in Australia use sound to study soil health.
insects

How Can You Tell If Soil Is Healthy? Just Listen to It.

Ground-breaking "ecoacoustics" use underground critter concerts to monitor a hidden ecosystem.
Ayurella Horn-Muller September 9, 2024
A cricket peers through a leaf hole in South Africa.
nature

Small Crickets Amplify Their Sounds With Savvy Engineering

A little leaf hack helps their chirps reach more females.
Cara Giaimo August 16, 2024
Marlborough, New Hampshire

The Caterpillar Lab

This curious and colorful space invites visitors to delve into the hidden and often mind-boggling world of caterpillars.
List

25 Places to Learn to Love Creepy, Crawly Critters

From the art of spiders and glow of blue fireflies to bugs you can ride and insects you can eat.
Roxanne Hoorn July 19, 2024
Upsala, Ontario

Mosquito Carrying A Man

A giant metal mosquito prepares to feast.
science

This Iowa Summer Camp Is Abuzz With Mosquitoes

But not in the way you're thinking.
Katherine R. Bruna May 27, 2024
Karrebæksminde, Denmark

Græshoppebroen (Grasshopper Bridge)

This distinctive bug-like bridge is made of recycled horseshoes.
A female small-winged stick mantis (<em>Brunneria subaptera</em>).
science

The Mystery of Uruguay's Ferocious, All-Female Cannibal Insects

The small-winged stick mantis is found throughout South America's grasslands. But in Uruguay, the population is entirely female.
James Hall April 26, 2024
An adult cicada from Brood X.
maps

You've Heard of Cicadas, But Have You Heard of the Magicicada?

Cicada scientists share the secrets of this spring's rare double brood emergence. The last time it happened, Thomas Jefferson was president.
John Cooley and Chris Simon April 22, 2024
St. Augustine, Florida

Disease Vector Education Center

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.
The pink fairy armadillo is so rarely spotted that scientists know very little about the Argentinian species.
science

A Year of Spectacular, Adorable, Sometimes a Little Scary Animals

From cute death omens to post-nuclear-disaster predators, these animals captivated us in 2023.
Danielle Hallock December 27, 2023