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The endangered butterfly Gonepteryx maderensis, commonly called the Madeira brimstone, lives in the mountains of the Madeira islands. As caterpillers, they feed on just one type of tree, which is ...

I can’t begin to imagine the patience of Dimitriy Reinshtein, an Israeli photographer who brings living insects into his studio, places a single drop of water onto their tiny heads, and photographs ...

This photographer's body of work really is a bug's life, as he captures the intricate beauty of insects through an array of macro portraits. Framed like studio shots of a human subject, Paul Parent's ...

This is an extract from a book that aims to celebrate the natural world while unveiling the rich, often surprising, lives of insects — creatures so easily overlooked. At a time of devastating ...