More people are keeping insects as pets and even some bugs such as cockroaches are priced at up to $80. But poachers who trade the critters from protected areas are coming at a cost to the ecosystem.

The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.

The blooming of an ultra-stinky corpse flower has drawn massive crowds in Sydney as thousands flock to marvel at its unique rotting stench.

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in the world, pound-for-pound. It can pull over 1,000 times its body weight.

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