You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
Skip to content
Skip to main menu
Skip to more DW sites
Latest videos
Latest audio
Regions
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America
Germany
Topics
Climate
Equality
Health
Human Rights
Migration
Technology
Categories
Business
Science
Environment
Culture
Sports
In focus
EU migration policy
Iran
FIFA World Cup
Latest audio
Latest videos
Live TV
Advertisement
Insects
From creepy crawlies to those that buzz and fly, insects are all around.
Skip next section All Content on this topic
All Content on this topic
The new insect tree of life
Big data helped scientists to discover the bug's life as a whole for the first time.
Mujica's million-dollar VW Beetle
President Jose Mujica's 1987 VW Beetle, in Uruguayan sky blue, has become a symbol of his intentionally austere lifestyle. An Arab sheikh has reportedly offered well over the trade-in value for the cult car.
Scaring ourselves healthy
Horror expert Mathias Clasen tells DW why horror is good - and offers tips on scaring people silly.
High-powered Beetle
Marcus Diamand has turned his old VW Beetle, which dates back to the late 1960s, into a high-powered "Sports Bug" that reaches a top speed of 180 kilometers per hour (111 miles/hour).
Stylish: the NSU Wankel Spider
By the time production was halted in 1967, only 2,375 Spiders had been sold. Today the small two-seater convertible is a rarity. This and the fact that it's the world's first series-produced car with a Wankel engine make the Spider a highly sought-after collector's item.
Massive VW recall
Volkswagen has recalled more than a million vehicles in China, Germany and North America. The company said it needed to fix a problem with the rear axles.
SHORTCUT: "Maya The Bee”
The German kids classic is redone as a 3D animated feature.
Beetle on the Beach
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Beetle Sunshine Tour and the cult car's fans just keep on motoring. This time, some 470 Bugs formed a convoy on the roads of northern Germany, wending their way from Lübeck to the Baltic seaside resort of Travemünde.
Allergic reactions to insect stings - how to protect yourself
The first signs of an extreme allergic reaction to a sting include difficulty swallowing, faintness and shortness of breath. The patient should get emergency treatment immediately. Hyposensitization, a specific immunotherapy, can help.
Stay-at-home bees live longest
Local bees live longer than imported bees.
At home with bees
Bees in the back garden
Bees on the brink
In places where bees have vanished, some farmers are now pollinating their crops by hand.
Future Food
Our food systems are threatened by changing weather patterns, the disappearance of bees, and our carniverous diets. On today’s version of Living Planet, we look at the future of food.
Insects on the menu in Vietnam
When sources of protein were scarce in Vietnam, insects became part of the local diet. But now dishes like roasted silkworms and fried crickets are more of a novelty. DW correspondent Marianne Brown visited a trendy insect restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.
Picture it! VW Beetle Dune
Volkswagen is planning a reincarnation of its legendary 1960s beach buggy, which will sport the name Beetle Dune. Along with a body that's raised by 50 millimeters, it's been treated to 19-inch alloy wheels and an all-terrain look. That makes the Beetle Dune perfect for off-road adventures and trips to the beach. It's not due to come onto the market till 2016, but we get a sneak preview.
Mosquito sex control
Scientists are working on a more eco-friendly way of controlling mosquitoes - making them infertile.
Taste it!: Taking a Beetle to the World Cup
It’s a story about two longtime friends, a Volkswagen Beetle, and the dream of a World Cup soccer title. In 1970, two young Brazilians set off on a road trip to the soccer World Cup in Mexico. A once-in-a-lifetime experience - but 44 years later, Ivan Charoux and Rafael Sawaya decided to relive it.
Insects: key to biosecurity?
So we've heard the environmental arguments in favor of our farming insects: they're low maintenance and don't emit anywhere near the greenhouse gases that animals do. And they're full of protein. They could also help with disease control.
Living Planet
We're celebrating International Biodiversity day! Britain builds a bee highway, Cambodian seahorses dodge dynamite and a woman devotes her life to Latvia's bears.
Eating insects
Foundation boom in Germany -- Education reform in the Dominican Republic - Eating insects
War and biodiversity
Researchers in Mozambique show that even the smallest species is key to protecting biodiversity.
Edible insects
Insects are an important food source for the future, says Dutch researcher Arnold van Huis.
Insect Metal Sculptor Eduard Martinet
Edouard Martinet of France collects old metal parts from things like cars, bicycles or even typewriters - and then he tinkers them into intricate sculptures of bugs or small animals and birds, such as dragonfly wings fashioned from an old umbrella or fish bones made of spoons. We visited him at his atelier in Rennes.
Firms to alleviate Heartbleed
The world's biggest technology companies have agreed to lend financial support to a group meant to assist open-source software projects. Donations will also come in handy in the fight against the Heartbleed bug.
Bumblebee highway
Plans for a series of bee highways could save the UK's rapidly declining bee population.
Living Planet
As bee populations plummet, British conservationists come up with a unique rescue plan. As India's federal election opens, farmers demand protection against oil and gas drills that have destroyed their land. The final chapter of the IPCC report is released, offering solutions for dealing with CO2.
Bee highway may save Britain's bees
Britain's bees are rapidly dying off. But conservationists have come up with a unique plan for saving these vital pollinators.
WHO worried over increase in vector-borne diseases
Infection rates for Malaria, dengue and other diseases are on the rise.
Evolution by Computer
Insects are by far the largest class of the animal kingdom. In fact, they make up more than half of all existing animal species. So how have they evolved? Bioinformatics researchers at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies hope to gather as much genetic information as possible to create a family tree for insects.
Vintage: Fiat Dino Spider
It's a Fiat with the heart of a Ferrari - the Fiat Dino Spider. Many think it's the most beautiful car Fiat ever built. In the mid-1960's, Enzo Ferrari built a new Formula 2 car - with an engine to match. But the rules at the time required that each Formula 2 engine come from series production of at least 500 units.
Saving bees
Could the tiny book scorpion be used to stop the high rate of bee deaths worldwide?
German hiker survives Outback
Australian authorities have located a German backpacker who went missing nearly two weeks ago in the country's northeast. The 26-year-old traveller said he survived the ordeal on a diet of the Outback's finest insects.
Fake scorpions rescue sickly bees
A German beekeeper is experimenting with ways to keep deadly varroa mites out of his hives. He's hoping to deploy book scorpions, an insect with mighty pincers and an appetite for mites.
Wingless wonders take flight
There are all sorts of critters out there that can fly - even a few that don't have wings.
Saving bees
A bee expert says the insects are dying off as a result of humans' outsized influence on the planet.
Saving Nepal's bees
Once squeezed out of Nepal, the local Asian honeybee is making a comeback thanks to one project.
Biodiversity in Nepal: Protecting the Bees
The European honeybee is considered industrious and efficient and produces significantly more honey than its Nepali counterpart. That's why it was introduced into Nepal in the 1990s - with unforeseen, far-reaching consequences.
If the bee becomes extinct, will humans follow?
For biofuel and food, Europe needs more bees
With more bees, Europe could dramatically increase yields of crops that go into biofuels.
Germ-fighting insects
Researchers at Sanofi and the Fraunhofer Institute are studying insects to make better antibiotics.
Altered perception
Scared of spiders? Then you perceive the eight-legged animals different than other people do.
Taste it!: Beetle Convertible
The latest Beetle convertible harks back to another era, while at the same time introducing a modern twist. It cuts a fine figure, whether its electronic soft top is open or down. It may have maintained its alluring cartoonish headlights, but this model, with a soft top that opens up in just 9.5 seconds is all about customization. There are countless options to choose from.
How difficult is it to develop an artificial bee?
And what do the researchers involved in the study hope to achieve?
EU bee protection ban
As of December 1, farmers in the European Union will no longer be able to make large-scale use of pesticides suspected of killing bee populations. But the busy honey-makers remain under threat.
GM crops in Europe
A new breed of genetically modified corn has gained the backing of the European Commission.
Vintage: Volkswagen Rallye Bug
Today, the VW bug is a real cult car. But even early on, it was a trendsetter that inspired people's imagination. The first tuned bugs were already hitting the road 1951. Enthusiasts fitted them out with roll bars, bucket seats, and racing harnesses. Drive it! took a spin in a fiery bug granddaddy.
Spying scandal
Reports of NSA spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel overshadow the EU summit.
Bugs to the rescue -- antibiotic compounds from insects
An increasing number of antibiotics is proving less effective and developing new drugs is not lucrative for the pharmaceuticals industry. Now there's help from a relatively young scientific discipline that marries entomology and biotechnology.
Positive discrimination
Zuma vows to transform South Africa's economy by involving more black business people.
Examine it! The 2013 VW Beetle Sunshine Tour
Each year, VW Beetle fans travel in a convoy to the Baltic seaside resort of Travemünde.
Previous page
Page 13 of 15
Next page