Bugs That Rule the World

  • Premiered: May 2025
  • Episodes: 4
  • Followers: 2
  • Running
  • PBS
  • at 0
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Insect Apocalypse?
Episode overview
Air date
May 07, 2025
Scientists and enthusiasts investigate the global insect "apocalypse," revealing the crucial roles bugs play on our planet and the bleak picture future without them.
1x2
The Lifegivers
Episode overview
Air date
May 14, 2025
The world’s essential pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates. Far from fragile, they’re hardy creatures living complex lives, featuring physical transformations and mind-blowing migrations.
1x3
Eat or Be Eaten
Episode overview
Air date
May 21, 2025
Explore the cutthroat world of insects and adaptations for survival. From praying mantis martial arts to dragonflies and aerial hunting, scientists investigate how nature has equipped insects with smarts, agility and a wild array of weapons.
1x4 Season finale
Beetlemania
Episode overview
Air date
May 28, 2025
Beetles are the world’s most diverse and abundant species, and they serve critical ecological roles in almost every environment. "Beetle Mania" explores why these colorful and clever creatures have been called “the most important animal on Earth.”

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