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The Great Insect Dying: A global look at a deepening crisis

The Great Insect Dying: A global look at a deepening crisis

June 16, 2019December 5, 2021 Supertrooper 6 Comments

In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among researchers. To assess the range of scientific opinion, Mongabay interviewed 24 entomologists and other scientists working on six continents, in more than a dozen countries, to better determine what we know, what we don’t, […]

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Animal Earth: exploring the hidden biodiversity of our planet

Animal Earth: exploring the hidden biodiversity of our planet

December 18, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 1 Comment

Most of the species on Earth we never see. In fact, we have no idea what they look like, much less how spectacular they are. In general, people can identify relatively few of their backyard species, much less those of other continents. This disconnect likely leads to an inability in the general public to relate […]

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Butterfly obsessives go on the trail of the elusive purple emperor

Butterfly obsessives go on the trail of the elusive purple emperor

July 23, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

“It’s like a living stained-glass window,” enthused the broadcaster Nick Baker, as a group of naturalists bowed down before a purple emperor swooping through the oak trees. Two teams of butterfly obsessives on Friday took to battered Land Rovers in a hair-raising race to woods, meadows, chalk downland and an industrial park to find as […]

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New Moon

New Moon

November 29, 2012December 22, 2019 Rick Lieder Leave a comment

An old mantis greets a new moon, thorny demon reflecting on past crimes. • Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

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In Search of a Map

In Search of a Map

November 8, 2012December 22, 2019 Rick Lieder Leave a comment

Her eyes scan the new landscape in search of a map a flower’s cosmology ready for misadventures. Chinese Praying Mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

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Tangled Damsel

Tangled Damsel

October 29, 2012December 22, 2019 Rick Lieder Leave a comment

Collecting discarded shards of the sun, a damsel tangled up in a collision of light and shadow. * Damselfly

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Mirror-Image

Mirror-Image

October 15, 2012December 5, 2021 Rick Lieder Leave a comment

A newborn mantis dreams her mirror-image, their glowing fates sealed by the gods – Chinese mantis – Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

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Kingdom of Green

Kingdom of Green

October 11, 2012December 22, 2019 Rick Lieder Leave a comment

An intoxicated bee senses the garden’s undercurrents, trespasser in a kingdom of green towers. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera

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