Climate change is driving NORTHWARD AND ALTITUDINAL EXPANSION of sheep tick range across Europe — expanding the geographic risk zones for Lyme disease and TBE in regions where the species was previously absent or rare.
Male atlas moths can detect a female's pheromones from several kilometers away using their massive feathered antennae.
Workers forage in the rainforest canopy, sometimes climbing 30 meters into a single tree before returning to the colony at the base.
Globe skimmer dragonflies migrate up to 18,000 km across the Indian Ocean — the longest insect migration on Earth.
Driver-ant workers are functionally blind — they navigate entirely by pheromone trail, releasing chemicals strong enough to detect days later.
Dung beetles navigate by the Milky Way — the first insect ever proven to use galactic light to orient.
Hummingbird hawkmoths migrate across the Mediterranean and have been documented crossing the Sahara.
