Alex Wild on insects, science, and photography
Entomologist Saber Miresmailli has a new tattoo modeled on one of my turtle ants. This week, Saber sent in the following backstory along with the above image: Tattoos are very personal and one should have strong conviction about an idea, a thought, a memory or a concept to permanently mark it on his or her [...]
Spring is here, the insects are waking up, and in honor of the season I’m having a sale. If you’re looking for a gift for your graduating entomologist, this is for you! Click on the link to visit the gallery: Insect Print Sale! Thirty images, including fifteen chosen by readers, are now available as high-quality [...]
You guys were tremendous during my first-ever insect print sale last December. You ordered several hundred prints, quite literally an order of magnitude more than I’d anticipated. So I’m doing another one. The spring print sale will go online in mid-April with 30 selected prints discounted severely, starting at $3.99/each for a 5×7. Here’s the [...]
Just a reminder that my 80%-off holiday print sale ends this evening. I’ll be pulling down the gallery at 6pm EST, so this is your last chance (for a few months, anyway) to snag an Alex Wild original for as little as $2.99 for a 5×7″. You’ll still be able to order prints after today, [...]
Do we call the shots over nature? Or is it the other way around? Carlos De Carvalho explores these questions in a exceptional video clip set to Timbre Timbre’s “Do I Have Power?” Plus, bonus points for anatomically accurate arthropods.
The School of Ants website held an essay contest, and Carly Tribull wrote this winning entry. Except, it’s not an essay so much as a graphic novel. Here’s a taste: Impressive.
This year, for the first time, I am making select prints of my photographs extremely affordable for those ordering during the holiday season. The reason is simple. I know a portion of my sales go to parents gifting their budding young entomologists something buggy to hang on their walls. These are often not families who [...]
Art teacher Hannah printed out a few of my beetle photos to use as models for some very young students, and the results are charming!
Blogging has been slow this week as, among other things, I’m readying the final exam for Insects & People. Here is an excerpt from a practice exam administered earlier this evening: In the absence of posting, I figured I’d at least offer some multiple-choice questions.
February is the most exciting time of year in Chambana, Illinois. Why? The Insect Fear Film Festival, of course! Doors open at 6:00 pm, February 25th, at Foellinger Hall on campus. This year’s theme is International Ant Films, featuring the awful-yet-inexplicably-awesome ant thrillers Glass Trap (2005) and Bone Snatcher (2003). The film festival also hosts a living [...]
A personal blog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
Myrmecos- derived from the ancient greek word for "ant"- hosts Alex's musings about these and other little creatures that share our planet.
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