Discover the unsettling but documented reality of how and why these formidable insects can successfully prey on small birds at backyard feeders.

Learn how one of nature’s toughest insects is providing a blueprint for creating stronger, more resilient materials.

Discover the complete process behind how and why the large cicada killer wasp builds its intricate underground nursery in lawns and gardens.

Discover a bizarre sea creature that can regenerate from pieces and hunts with a horrifying, extendable harpoon.

Explore the science behind the only spider that spends its entire life underwater using a bubble as a personal scuba tank and a web as its home.

Discover the macabre life cycle of a parasitic fly that turns its ant host into a headless nursery for its young.

Discover the bizarre world of caterpillars and other animals that have evolved to look exactly like bird waste to stay alive.

Learn about the bizarre and brilliant method this insect uses to harvest water from thin air in one of the driest places on Earth.

Learn how a seemingly ordinary insect engages in sophisticated acoustic warfare, using biological sonar jamming to outsmart one of the night’s top predators.

Discover how the lacewing larva, a tiny predator, constructs a gruesome shield from its dead enemies to survive in the garden.

Learn about the creepy and clever spider that constructs a lifelike puppet of itself to survive in the wild.

Explore the chillingly precise hunting methods of a unique arachnid that crafts and throws a silken trap.

Learn about the bizarre insect that literally blows itself up to protect its family from danger.

Discover the strange world of an ancient predator that uses a biological glue cannon to hunt its prey.

Learn about a parasitic larva that infiltrates ant nests by faking its identity and even mimicking the queen.

Discover a bizarre insect that constructs a formidable defensive wall using nothing but tree sap and masterful engineering.

Find out the biological and physical processes that cause many insects to topple over during their final moments.

Learn about the brilliantly grotesque survival strategy of an insect that willingly discards parts of its body to live through the cold.

Learn about the bizarre insects that construct portable homes from whatever materials they can scavenge, from log cabins of twigs to shields of waste.

Discover the creepy, comedic world of the gall wasp, a micro-architect that forces plants to build grotesque and ingenious homes for its offspring.

Uncover the cinematic and creepy details of a tiny biological war fought with fungal cannons and sophisticated insect armor.