The endangered butterfly Gonepteryx maderensis, commonly called the Madeira brimstone, lives in the mountains of the Madeira islands. As caterpillers, they feed on just one type of tree, which is ...

"Practically, doing macro photography of restless insects requires patience—and much of it. Sometimes you may have to spend hours and hundreds of clicks to get that perfect shot because we usually ...

Thomas Shahan, a 21-year-old photography student, zooms in on the world of spiders, insects and creepy crawlies, spending hours waiting for a single shot. His images capture the remarkable complexity ...

Geraint Radford, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley, photographs bugs and plants in his garden. He uses social media to try to encourage more people to get into macro photography. He said: "Insects ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An Indonesian photographer has captured a series of amazing macro pictures of tiny insects using a mobile phone camera. Andi Sriyadi took these spectacular macro images with just a Samsung Galaxy A5 ...