Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

When first asked to review Michael Engel's new book, "Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth," I expected that what I would read would be reminiscent of Engel's ...

It’s almost summer, which, for many people, means insects, which, for many people, means bug spray and pest control-- but reading award-winning graphic artist Peter Kuper’s new book, Insectopolis: A ...

In this series, writers nominate a book that changed their life – or at least their thinking. I am an avid reader and have devoured many books over the years, especially science fiction. For me, ...

Peter Kuper’s book-length comic, Insectopolis: A Natural History, begins with an entomologist and her brother walking to the New York Public Library to see an exhibition on insects entitled ...

If you’ve been thinking about apocalyptic events lately, you’ve had quite a few options to consider: pandemics, invasions, resurging fascism, choking on the smoke from wildfires that have become a ...

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A snail, eyestalks pulsing with coloured stripes, leaves the safety of the shade and oozes its way onto an exposed leaf, where it catches the beady eye of a bird. The larger animal mistakes those ...

Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. First edition, 1901. INSECT BOOK : A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE BEES WASPS ANTS GRASSHOPPERS FLIES AND OTHER NORTHAMERICAN INSECTS ...