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Three Rivers, California

Glowing Millipedes of Sequoia National Park

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Nabokov is so jealous right now
Volos, Greece

Entomological Museum of Volos

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.
cars

Police Find Swarm of Bees Intentionally Placed in Car’s Trunk

No.
Tao Tao Holmes June 21, 2016
insects

How to Choose the Pet Bug That's Right for You

Consider the millipede.
Tao Tao Holmes June 21, 2016
insects

How Big Can Bug Nests Actually Get?

Insects need many generations of wealth to build their mega mansions.
Sarah Laskow June 21, 2016
insects

The Israeli Company Sending 500 Million Bees and Mites to Russia

The insects will target pests, among other things.
Lauren Young June 20, 2016
Balls Pyramid
Australia

Ball's Pyramid

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

Watch This Assassin Bug Take Down an Unsuspecting Caterpillar Twice Its Size

The poor guy didn't stand a chance.
David Doochin June 20, 2016
funeral art

Why Humans and Insects Keep Holding Funerals for Insects

We have surprisingly overlapping death traditions.
George Pendle June 20, 2016
This illustration of a butterfly contains a secret map
hidden

The Founder of the Boy Scouts Hid Maps in Insect Drawings

Can you find the secrets in these bug illustrations?
Atlas Obscura June 20, 2016
Synchronous fireflies, strobing up Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
insects

Fireflies That Blink In Sync Return To Tennessee

Most fireflies switch on and off randomly—but not these guys.
Cara Giaimo June 3, 2016
caves

The First Flying Subterranean Insect Discovered in One of the World's Deepest Caves

Troglocladius hajdi is literally flying blind.
Jessie Guy-Ryan May 28, 2016
The Taj Mahal in its regular garb.
insects

The Taj Mahal Is Turning Green

Thanks, bugs.
Cara Giaimo May 25, 2016
world's largest

Let Us Introduce You to the World's Largest Insect

Atlas Obscura welcomes our giant stick insect overlords.
Jessie Guy-Ryan May 7, 2016
rats

An Australian Island Paradise's Century-Long Rat War

Humans, rodents, and owls have waged battle over Lord Howe and its lovely palms.
Sophie Massie May 3, 2016
Scroll down to see a full-scale pain index, with Justin Schmidt's own poetic descriptions.
science

Ranking the Pain of Stinging Insects, From ‘Spicy’ to ‘Shockingly Electric'

Remembering one passionate entomologist who poetically described and classified more than 70 species' painful stings.
Lauren Young April 24, 2023
insects

Sensitive Male Fruit Flies Sing Songs Tailored to the Fly Ladies Near Them

Female fruit flies listen to many minutes of male song before deciding whether to mate.
Urvija Banerji March 4, 2016
insects

FOUND: Evidence That Cockroaches Have Plagued Humans for Millennia

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2016