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Insects are awesome!

Bugs are one of nature's wonders. These insect-obsessed speakers talk about how ants form societies, how bees pollinate flowers, and how termites can be quite ... tasty.

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Louie Schwartzberg

The hidden beauty of pollination

7 minutes 23 seconds

Deborah Gordon

The emergent genius of ant colonies

20 minutes 11 seconds

Marcus Byrne

The dance of the dung beetle

16 minutes 51 seconds

Marla Spivak

Why bees are disappearing

15 minutes 43 seconds

Marcel Dicke

Why not eat insects?

16 minutes 17 seconds

Sara Lewis

The loves and lies of fireflies

13 minutes 38 seconds

Bart Knols

3 new ways to kill mosquitoes

10 minutes 3 seconds

Michael Dickinson

How a fly flies

15 minutes 38 seconds

Robert Full

The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

4 minutes 54 seconds

Charles Anderson

Dragonflies that fly across oceans

16 minutes 21 seconds

Ed Yong

Zombie roaches and other parasite tales

13 minutes