Underground Farmers

UNIVERSUM cameraman Wolfgang Thaler and Bert Hoelldobler, a leading authority on ants, bring us face-to-face with the mysterious world of these...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting...

Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the...

In this playful essay film, the filmmaker investigates our culture's discomfort with all things many-legged.

Susan and Ted are creating an insect zoo, learning about various insects.

This film was produced as an extension of a research film on the metamorphosis of the fly. It successively shows the hatching of the eggs, the...

A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.

Before Apis is strong enough to fly, this tiny hardworking honeybee takes care of her hive and protects it. Follow her journey as she takes to the...

How did our world come into being? Beneath our feet lies a class of animals far more numerous than any other. Let us embark on a journey through time...