U.S. museum curator detained in Türkiye on suspicion of smuggling endemic species

STORY: U.S. museum curator detained in Türkiye on suspicion of smuggling endemic species SHOOTING TIME: May 13, 2024 DATELINE: May 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lorenzo Prendini, curator of the American National Museum of Natural History at Istanbul airport 2. various of smuggling police removing endemic species banned for export from a suitcase at the airport 3. various of Lorenzo Prendini being taken out of the airport by police officers 4. various of endemic scorpions, spiders, and tarantulas detected at the airport STORYLINE: Turkish police detained a U.S. museum curator and seized 1,500 endemic scorpions, spiders, and tarantulas from his suitcase in Türkiye's largest Istanbul Airport, local media revealed on Monday. According to the Ihlas news agency, Istanbul's anti-smuggling police teams initiated the operation on Sunday in collaboration with airport security. The police seized the animals within 58 clip-on bags, alongside 88 bo

Eating insects

Eating insects

SKUON, Cambodia - A Cambodian woman (L back) sells fried tarantulas while another woman tastes one in Skuon, a village about 70 kilometers from the capital Phnom Penh, in June 2013. Cambodians reportedly started eating the big spiders when they suffered from a famine during the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s.

Eating insects

Eating insects

SKUON, Cambodia - A Cambodian woman sells fried tarantulas in Skuon, a village about 70 kilometers from the capital Phnom Penh, in May 2013. Cambodians reportedly started eating the big spiders when they suffered from a famine during the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s.

Insect Museum in Mexico celebrates International Museum Day

STORY: Insect Museum in Mexico celebrates International Museum Day DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JESUS PUENTE, Entomologist and director of Insects Museum in Queretaro 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): CAROLINA, Mother of family 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): ESMERALDA SANTIAGO, Elementary school teacher STORYLINE: The Insect Museum in Mexico on Wednesday celebrated the International Museum Day with interaction activities, which allowed visitors to place tarantulas and giant cockroaches from Madagascar in their hands. This museum was founded by the 70-year-old entomologist Jesus Puente, who shared his collection of 2,600 insects which he has spent almost a half-century on studying and collecting. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JESUS PUENTE, Entomologist and director of Insects Museum in Queretaro "Well, I started this collection 50 years ago. It was a hobby. I started to like insects in elementary school, and then in middle school I began t