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Art and Science Collide in These Beautiful Macro Images of Insects

Each photograph is actually 10,000 in one.
By Levon Biss

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Fugitive Colors

By David Quammen

Editor’s Note: This story is from Orion’s Spring issue, 1997. We are unlocking this archive piece to celebrate the release of The Book of Bugs, on sale now.  ON JUNE 4, Continue reading →

This Self-Taught Scientific Illustrator Likes to Draw Bugs

Joe MacGown

Editor’s note: You’ll recognize Joe MacGown’s work in our latest anthology, The Book of Bugs.  Joe A. MacGown is a self-taught artist originally from Maine but later relocated to Starkville, Mississippi Continue reading →

Good Citizens

By Natalie Rose Richardson

Editor’s Note: Celebrate the release of The Book of Bugs with us, on sale now! DESPITE POPULAR OPINION, I have never disliked cockroaches. As a child I took solace in the Continue reading →

A Moment with Wheatgrass

George Monbiot

This is an excerpt from Regenesis by George Monbiot. While I was researching this chapter, the doorbell rang. Deliveries are usually an annoying distraction. But when I saw what the man Continue reading →

5 Flies You Should Know

Stephanie Mohr

In a recent Twitter poll, an entomologist asked his more than thirty thousand followers to “choose wisely” and then gave them four options: wasps, beetles, flies, or moths. The lack of Continue reading →

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