Even May Berenbaum, National Medal of Science winner and entomology professor, once feared insects. They creep, they crawl, they slither. And for every one human on Earth, there are 200 million ...

Lesser works by great directors needn’t diminish long-standing reputations, so calling Jan Švankmajer’s “Insect” a disappointment in no way weakens the master’s position as a key proponent of ...

One of the most deeply influential animators of the past many decades is Czech’s Jan Švankmajer. From his groundbreaking short Dimensions of Dialogue to features like Alice and Faust, his surrealist ...

Are all computer bugs bad? This year’s Insect Fear Film Festival proves that’s not the case when it goes online, like so many other film festivals, in response to safety ...

After 36 years of showcasing towering mutant insects on the big screen, the Insect Fear Film Festival made a radical departure in its 37th year by highlighting monstrous crabs and lobsters rather than ...

Jon Tetlie, a doctoral candidate in the University of Illinois Department of Entomology, holds the body of a brown-belted bumblebee, whose stinger contains venom that can cause allergic reactions in ...

It's amazing to think that while Hollywood in the early sixties was dazzling us with sentimental sing-and-dance musicals, there were major films out in the world that explicitly tackles the most ...

Jan Švankmajer's minor work is meta approach to a 1920s satirical play designed to expose the thin line between insect and human behavior. Lesser works by great directors needn’t diminish ...

Jan Švankmajer's minor work is meta approach to a 1920s satirical play designed to expose the thin line between insect and human behavior. Lesser works by great directors needn’t diminish ...