Alien Empire - Introduction - Insects

Alien Empire
Introduction

This special Web companion to NATURE’S miniseries takes you into the bizarre, fascinating world of insects with amazing graphics. Read the articles to learn more about how insects reproduce, live together in society, migrate, and battle for survival.

Show 1, “Hardware & Replicators,” takes a close look at insect design and examines their reproductive strategies. Show 2, “Battlezone & Metropolis” focuses on the constant war that insects wage for food and the complex habitats and social relationships they create. And Show 3, “Voyagers & War of the Worlds,” charts insect migration and explores the ways insects and humans wage war — and occasionally cooperate.

Online content for Alien Empire was originally posted April 1999.

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12/11/2008 :: 04:59:36 PM
iris (: Says:

this bug is icky!

01/20/2009 :: 05:57:58 AM
valerie toffa Says:

last year we made this alien empire mask, how could we do it now, where could we find the model for printing, cuting out it?

01/21/2009 :: 04:49:21 AM
Arad Says:

Iris is right.This bug IS icky!

02/02/2009 :: 02:31:59 PM
fred Says:

cool

02/08/2009 :: 11:39:44 PM
eendur Says:

this is stupid i want silkworms

02/10/2009 :: 12:11:07 PM
Lilyann Says:

That bug is utterly disgusting and awsome at the same time.!<3 (:

02/10/2009 :: 04:51:37 PM
rebecca Says:

This bug/thing looks like an alien… =)

02/13/2009 :: 09:07:16 AM
caleb Says:

awsomeness

02/23/2009 :: 03:22:03 PM
DAQUAN ISRAEL Says:

I LIKE THE EYES ON THE BUG

#10

02/24/2009 :: 02:31:56 AM
no Says:

i like it
no what am i looking at

#11

03/12/2009 :: 11:33:24 AM
makayla Says:

that bug is freaky dude

#12

03/16/2009 :: 07:02:21 PM
nashid Says:

it seems sooo cool. but it is kinda odd. the way it is built. i like it sooooo much. i really love the way it looks. it is really cool. not too much on the odd side. i really like the name! ALIEN!ALIEN!ALIEN! awesome!

#13

03/25/2009 :: 11:44:35 AM
Fred Freak! Says:

This bug I cool!!!!! <3

#14

03/29/2009 :: 12:29:09 PM
sahra Said Says:

well done !

#15

03/31/2009 :: 10:57:40 AM
Lizzie S Says:

Where can I find the full template for making the butterfly and cricket masks - they were brilliant?

#16

03/31/2009 :: 06:23:52 PM
Elise Says:

This bug has HUGE eyes. Also, it’s really colorful. Plus, I do think insects are kind of like aliens. Note; aliens walk among us!!!!!

#17

04/01/2009 :: 05:23:40 PM
LUIS Says:

I LIKE THE EYES

#18

04/07/2009 :: 12:31:42 PM
Nya Says:

dude what if a alian came to earth that would be soooo cool todally

#19

04/12/2009 :: 08:53:17 PM
Penelope Says:

I totally agree I hope aliens totally come to earth and take us all away in thre totally cool totally space ships!!!!

#20

04/22/2009 :: 02:32:32 AM
JASON Says:

VERY GOOOODDD……….

#21

04/22/2009 :: 02:38:16 AM
IMAN Says:

I VERY HAPPY

#22

04/28/2009 :: 09:53:28 AM
Prashant Says:

That was dumb and great.

#23

05/07/2009 :: 04:42:54 PM
sara Says:

I’m doing a report on bee so far they are really
intresting.

#24

05/14/2009 :: 09:11:59 AM
angel Says:

Dude,Ireally think that bug is awesome and I WANT ONE!!!

#25

05/15/2009 :: 08:05:09 AM
Sophie Says:

this bug is icky!

#26

05/17/2009 :: 03:09:45 AM
pratyusha Says:

the eyes look like big bulb

#27

05/18/2009 :: 11:30:02 AM
Bella Says:

awesome/wierd/gross alien!!! i think da eyes look like Bugsy’s eyes from the movie Bedtime Stories!!! watz the point of dis alien???

#28

05/21/2009 :: 10:59:39 AM
Harpper and Lynn Says:

WOW!! THIS IS A GREAT WEBSITE!! GO ALIENS!!! WE <3 BEES!!! YEA YEA

#29

05/21/2009 :: 11:00:00 AM
Kelly Says:

THIS IS SWEET!!!!!!! I <3 BEES!!!!!!! GO ALIEN BEES!!! WOO-HOO

#30

05/26/2009 :: 02:51:53 PM
Mr c Lloyd Says:

I HAVE JUST FOUND A BEES HIVE (NEST) IN MY OLD COMPOST BIN. WHAT CAN I DO WITH THEM AND DOES ANYBODY WANT THEM, WHO KEEPS BEES

#31

05/27/2009 :: 01:38:38 PM
roxie Says:

omg i luv bugs there so cool and bumble beez r so cute this thing or bug is awsome and my girl cuzin would say its so gross but i say its cool

#32

06/04/2009 :: 10:48:06 AM
yale Says:

i love this bug, never change it. (: yayy.

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