Terrestrial Invertebrates

Imagine a creature so small you need a microscope to appreciate its beauty, yet so successful it has built underwater metropolises for...

In the damp leaf litter of a tropical forest floor, a creature that looks like a cross between a caterpillar and a gummy worm is about to...

In a drop of pond water lives a creature that laughs in the face of death, survived being frozen for 24,000 years, and can clone itself...

At first glance, a beetle that spends its life collecting, rolling, and burying feces might seem like an unlikely candidate for...

Deep in the rainforests of Central and West Africa, something moves beneath the leaf litter. Not an individual creature, but a living,...

Picture this: a bug that looks like it escaped from a medieval armory, complete with a cogwheel protruding from its back and a...

Picture this: you're moving a flower pot in your garden when suddenly, a blur of legs scurries away faster than your eyes can track....

Meet the Ultimate Survivor In the microscopic world between grains of moss, in puddles on your roof, and in the depths of ocean trenches...

In the quiet darkness of summer evenings, one of nature's most magical phenomena unfolds: the synchronous blinking of fireflies, turning...

In the diverse universe of insects, few creatures demonstrate such extraordinary chemical engineering as the bombardier beetle. These...

Introduction: Meet the Microscopic Marvels Deep in the humid forests of Sumatra, nestled among decaying leaves and rich organic matter,...

Introduction: The Leaf That Sings Deep in the world's tropical forests, there exists a creature so masterfully camouflaged that it often...

Introduction: Meet the Mountain Marvel High in the snow-capped Southern Alps of New Zealand lives one of the most extraordinary insects...

In the dark, damp corners of tropical and temperate forests lives a creature that seems to have crawled straight out of science fiction....

Meet the tardigrade, a microscopic marvel resembling a chubby eight-legged bear and one of the toughest creatures on Earth....

In the dense caves of New Zealand and the twilight forests of North America lives a creature that turns darkness into a spectacular light...

In the world of extraordinary creatures, few animals are as surprisingly fascinating as the Giant African Land Snail. While snails might...

Deep within the darkest caves of New Zealand dwells one of nature's most spectacular and ingenious predators - the glowworm cave spider...

In the lush rainforests of Central and South America flutters one of nature's most extraordinary creatures - the glasswinged butterfly...

In the depths of tropical and subtropical forests around the world lurks one of nature's most extraordinary architects - the Long-Horned...