photos How a 1937 hoax captured the imagination with giant grasshoppers Popkin

art Giant crop postcards turned oversize produce into folk art Popkin

art Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot Popkin

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Games Next original game from No More Heroes developer is beautiful, high-octane mess Grant St. Clair

animal ASMR The bat-eared fox can chew five times a second, which makes for some awesome ASMR! Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Watch: Man allows world's heaviest insect to bite him Popkin

photoshop Photos that fooled the world Rob Beschizza

photos Book of Monsters (1914): Early macro photography of creepy crawlies by Marian and David Fairchild Popkin

frogs Love a good snout? Check out the duck-billed tree frog! Jennifer Sandlin

tourism The weirdest free tourism spots in the U.S. B.R. O'Deal

arizona Snake at a wedding: reptile stopped by to say "congratulationsssss" but is rudely removed from celebration Jennifer Sandlin

dogs Finn the Bat Dog is retiring from minor league baseball Gail Sherman

fully loaded pizzas A sausage-and-bacon pizza topped with a loaded handgun gets four people arrested Carla Sinclair

video Tiny predator in action — watch a baby mantis try to snatch and eat a bug on video Mark Frauenfelder

nevada Swarms of Mormon crickets plague Nevada and Idaho Rusty Blazenhoff

design Step into a giant grasshopper-shaped train car and a sip on some coffee Popkin

quiz Viral 'Food Disgust Sensitivity Test' reveals cultural insensitivities Rusty Blazenhoff

Bugkiss Bugkiss will help you kiss tiny insects and more! Jennifer Sandlin

poetry 'Love, Me' is a poem crowdsourced from hundreds of letters Rusty Blazenhoff