China: Gray Mantis Perfects Camouflage, Appearing as Small Branch on Tree

A video captured a gray praying mantis in Lianjiang, China, on October 16, 2025, that blended seamlessly with the tree bark, making it appear like a small moving branch.

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Tourists visit the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Tourists visit the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Tourists visit the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

This photo shows specimens at the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

A tourist visits the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

A tourist visits the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Exposition Park Opens at Northwest A&F University - Shaanxi

Tourists visit the Insect Museum at the Northwest A&F University Exposition Park in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Crop Insect Monitoring Station

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2025 - Staff are monitoring rice pests and diseases in real-time using an intelligent (AI) pest monitoring device in Shiji Township, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 20, 2025.

China: Bee Sting Incident Captured on Video in Guangdong

A video recorded on September 16 in Guangdong shows a person being stung by a bee. The bee, with its long stinger, flew in circles, making the scene look very painful.

China: Swarming Insects Create Ominous Scene Under City Lights in Hunan

This video, captured in Hunan on September 7, shows a troubling nighttime scene where swarms of flying insects gathered in massive clusters, forming a dense, dark cloud under the city lights. Experts explained online that these were not locusts but rather whiteflies or planthoppers.

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Asian Hornet - France

Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grey Hornbill Bird - India

Grey Hornbill Bird - India

An Indian Grey Hornbill holds an insect in its beak while perched on a tree branch in Siliguri, India on August 26, 2025. Photo by Diptendu Dutta/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

A child shows skin covered with painful rashes and sores inside a displacement tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 21, 2025. Families say polluted water, insect bites, and lack of medicine have worsened the spread of skin diseases among displaced children. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

A child shows skin covered with painful rashes and sores inside a displacement tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 21, 2025. Families say polluted water, insect bites, and lack of medicine have worsened the spread of skin diseases among displaced children. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

A child shows skin covered with painful rashes and sores inside a displacement tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 21, 2025. Families say polluted water, insect bites, and lack of medicine have worsened the spread of skin diseases among displaced children. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

A child shows skin covered with painful rashes and sores inside a displacement tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 21, 2025. Families say polluted water, insect bites, and lack of medicine have worsened the spread of skin diseases among displaced children. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

Gaza Children Skin Diseases - Khan Yunis

A child shows skin covered with painful rashes and sores inside a displacement tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 21, 2025. Families say polluted water, insect bites, and lack of medicine have worsened the spread of skin diseases among displaced children. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

This file photo taken on July 9, 2025 shows an insect specimen as part of the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Photo by CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

This file photo taken on June 13, 2025 shows a drawer of beetle specimens as part of the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Photo by CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

This file photo taken on Aug. 28, 2015 shows bird specimens as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Photo by CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

This file photo taken on July 9, 2025 shows specimens of bird egg clutches as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Photo by CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Swarm of Mosquitoes Covers Wall in Jiangsu After Heavy Rain

A shocking video from Jiangsu, China, on June 30, shows an exterior wall completely covered with countless mosquitoes after a rainstorm. Residents were seen using insecticide spray to disperse and kill the dense swarm, with clusters of mosquitoes visibly dropping from the wall.