Female of the species

Structured, social and remarkably sophisticated, a bustling woodland ant community is home to engineers, farmers, nurses and warriors

The ethics of industrial insect farming

In an insect-rich summer common blue THE ‘insectageddon’ ...

YOU’LL KNOW ALL ABOUT IT IF you get stung by a bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), a species named after the fact that the pain from its venom feels as if it has been inflicted by a gunshot. Some insect

PORTRAIT BY VANESSA DELL; YOUGOV/SEX MATTERS A decade ...

THERE’S nothing better in midsummer than going into the garden and listening to the buzzing of bees going about their business – especially if you are taking the chance to sit and relax! Similarly, it