Special Preview: Insectarium on PBS Terra

[Sweeping aerial footage of lush rainforest. Extreme close-ups of bizarre insects.]

BRITISH NARRATOR: Deep in the rainforest, tiny dramas are unfolding in the fascinating world of insects...

[Curator Jessica Ware speaks to camera, standing in the Solomon Family Insectarium.]

JESSICA WARE, Invertebrate Zoology Curator: Yeah, that’s true…but next time save your production budget. 

[An ant carries a crumb across a picnic blanket. A ladybug crawls on a person.] 

WARE: There’s an amazing miniature world all around us…

[A firefly takes off from a chain-link fence and lights up.]

WARE: right here outside your door.

[A woman holds a jar with cookies and a roach that's somehow gotten inside. She looks skeptical but curious.]

[A bee rummages through a flower's petals. Text reads, "American Museum of Natural History - Insectarium".]

WARE: In Insectarium, we’re going to introduce you, or re-introduce you, to insects you think you know…

[A woman holds a dragonfly and the camera zooms in close to its eyes.]

WARE: …and the many people who love them.

[A man carries a net in a marsh. A woman and a teenager look at an ant.]

[Jessica Ware stands in the Insectarium. Text reads, "Jessica Ware, insect lover Ph.D."]

WARE: Like me!

[A teenager chases a firefly. Honeybees fly into the entrance of a hive.]

WARE: We’ll explore how humans and insects live together…

[Monarch butterflies in the hundreds flitter through the sky in a forest.]

WARE: …and how the planet just wouldn’t be the same without them.

[A dragonfly takes off from a stick to hunt and lands. Text reads, "American Museum of Natural History - Insectarium. Hosted by Jessica Ware. Coming soon to PBS Terra.]