Microscopic Mysteries

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

A story about survival, belief in the physical memory of things, as if still-life was always part of the scientific possibility or of the nightmare...

This is the story of a vegetable garden, from the first seeds to the harvest. But this garden is different, because here the gardener has decided to...

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

A Documentary on the Creation of OVO, by Cirque du Soleil

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

La vispa Teresa (“Lively Theresa”) is based on a well known song; a girl, ten, catches a butterfly and all the other insects intervene to...

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

Untangling the web of cultural and historical ties underlying Japan's deep fascination with insects.

In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the...

Coming in all shapes and sizes, bacteria are present in every corner of the Earth. Their purposes and types are even more diverse, with only 1%...