Insects & Invertebrates
There's a mysterious animal in the tropical forests of Panama that waves at predators – in a very scary way
The creature's strange leg-waving display has baffled scientists for years. Now they know why it does it...
It’s as loud as an aeroplane but smaller than your thumb – so just how is this winged creature SO noisy?
Despite their small size, cicadas sure are noisy. So how do they produce such big sounds?
What is the fastest flying insect? Meet the speed machines that can fly at 145km/h
How fast are the fastest flying insects? We take a look
This bizarre ocean creature has 8 legs, looks like an alien and sucks up and spits out its prey after taking a tasty bite
Sea spiders are strange creatures, and the gangly lancer sea spider is one of the strangest of all
It might only be 15cm long, but it can run at 16kph and its deadly jaws are one-third the length of its body and strong enough to shear through bone
Camel spiders may look intimidating, but they don’t actually eat camels.
It might look like a beautiful flower but it's actually a deadly predator... Meet one very unlikely-looking, cold-hearted mass killer
For pollen-seekinginsects this is one deadly predator
When spider scientists went into a Taiwanese forest at night, they discovered a deadly trap
The researchers observed nocturnal spiders exploiting the natural light of fireflies to draw unsuspecting prey into their webs.
12 weirdest insects in the world - including a moth that resembles a poodle and a fly with eyes on stalks
The insect world is definitely a weird one - and there are some that are even weirder than the others. Discover some of the world's strangest and bizarrest insects
Why do dragonflies and damselflies have such big eyes?
Entomologist Richard Jones discusses the large eyes of these predatory insects.
It has 8 legs, isn't a spider and has sharp pincer claws on the front of their head – much like a scorpion – which they hunt and kill with
Although they look like spiders, harvestmen are more closely related to scorpions says Richard Jones
7 prettiest - and possibly weirdest - insects in the world that you might not know
There some amazingly beautiful, yet little known, insects on our planet. Stuart Blackman picks a few of his favourites
6 terrifying, spine-chilling worms that'll give you nightmares, from one that slices its prey in half to an eye worm that affects humans...
Prepare for a scare as we take a look at some of the most terrifying worms on the planet.
10 rarest shells on the planet, from a gigantic deep-sea snail the size of a shoe box to a bizarre comb-shaped shell with delicate prongs
We take a closer look at the world of ultra-rare shells – where the molluscs that create them live and why they're so hard to find
Four new tarantulas with huge genitals have just been discovered. Apparently males use them to fend off cannibalistic females
The newly described species of spider live on the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.
"It's astonishing": animal in India sings when sun is precisely 3.8° below horizon every dawn, say scientists
Researchers reveal that cicadas time their early morning chorus to a precise light threshold, offering new insights into collective animal behaviour.
Silent assassins and tiny terrors: Meet the world's deadliest flies
They may be small, but some flies are far from harmless. Spreading deadly parasites and causing devastating diseases, meet the world’s most dangerous winged insects
Gigantic insect as long as a cat found in Australia. It may be the country's heaviest ever, say experts
Measuring 40cm in length, the giant stick insect is new to science.
'Living fossil' found hiding on riverbank in South Africa’s Swartberg Mountains
The discovery of the newly identified animal in the arid Karoo region suggests the area was once covered by ancient forests, say researchers.
They might look like radioactive bugs but green spiders do exist – and they’re bright for a very important reason
Perfectly camouflaged in leafy habitats, green spiders are primed for hunting insects, often without the need of a web
Wasps vs hornets: what's the difference between these striped and stinging insects?
They may be the bane of the beer garden in summer, but wasps and hornets are vital pollinators that help keep pests at bay. Can you tell the difference between them?
Researchers headed into a remote region of Cuba on a mission to save the 'world's most beautiful snail'
A team of experts hope to save the painted snail from overcollection and the shell trade
“Her hungry spiderlings descend en masse to their mother’s dinner table… only this time, she is the main course”
The gruesome dietary habits of the African social spider were filmed for the first time as part of the Attenborough-narrated BBC TV series Parenthood
Researchers went into the oldest desert on Earth and discovered something "really unique" about the way beetles run
The Namib Desert beetle sprints across the scorching sand dunes to beat the heat, new study finds.
This creepy crawly has ‘tentacles’ that can break off, pops out of a hatch and its name translates to ‘a frightening monkey thing’
It’s also furry and slides slowly over leaves. So… what the heck is it?
