Jean-Henri Fabre’s classic Souvenirs Entomologiques now available in French and English.

GM trials slash dengue mosquito numbers. Applications like this are why the knee-jerk “all GM is bad!” reactions really annoy me.

Melissotarsus weissi: the ant that couldn’t stand up.

Be glad that we are big.

Some French bees have been producing red and blue honey due to a local M&Ms factory. I can’t understand why the honey-producers are throwing the honey out instead of selling it as a novelty with a huge markup.