Archeology
What was Earth like in the age of giant insects?
More than 300 million years ago, before the age of giant dinosaurs, Earth was home to giant insects.
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Archeology
Giant dragonflies and facts about the prehistoric world that you should know
No matter how cute or small the animals today are, in them in prehistoric times all looked extremely scary, giant. Giant dragonflies and facts about the prehistoric worl…
Biology
Why do insects abandon their large prehistoric bodies and become smaller and smaller?
Giant insects have always been a rich source of fuel for science fiction movies, and in fact there have been periods of huge giant size.
Videos
It shows the whole process of transformation of a giant beetle
Instead of spitting out silk and wrapping itself in cocoons, the Hercules beetle builds itself into the capsule with its own droppings and changes its morphology.
1001 mystery
Aliens under the eyes of scientists
From a scientific perspective, the aliens are not the same as what people imagine and watch on movies.
Biology
Hate the mosquito bigger than the hand in China
The entomologist, Zhao Li, caught a giant mosquito on Qingcheng Mountain (Sichuan Province, China).
Biology
Giants in the insect world
In many people's minds, insects are invertebrates ranging in size from very small to extremely small.
Biology
'Giant butterfly' was discovered in Malaysia
A man just caught an Attacus butterfly (also known as Atlas butterfly or star fruit butterfly) parked on a small Malaysian trail with wingspan of about 25cm, according t…
Biology
Found bumblebees have huge teeth
A bumblebee was a male with huge teeth that, when opened, were even longer than its front legs, newly discovered on Sulawesi Island (Indonesia).
Biology
Giant insects in the Gulf of Mexico
Recently, there was an image of a strange 1 meter-long insect in the water, living underwater by oil drilling workers in the Gulf of Mexico.