David Grimaldi has traveled in 40 countries on 6 continents, collecting and studying recent species of insects and conducting fossil excavations. He is the author of Amber: Window to the Past (Abrams, ...

Many a studious observer has seen for himself that male insects use special tricks to woo reluctant females. Crickets and grasshoppers are musically inclined; butterflies lean to perfumes ...

THIRTY years ago the entomology of the forests of India and its study were still a closed book. Types of forest insects had found their way into the national museums and private collections in ...