Flying haphazardly through the air on a balmy summer day, the male stag beetle is in a hurry to find a mate. Find out how he puts his spectacular antler-like jaws to use, why this species needs ...

From that image came Kepri, the scarab-headed God. Mexicans wore live, decorated Megazopherus beetles. This species has thick, fused wing cases and can only crawl which meant the animals could be ...

New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...

There are roughly 400,000 species of beetle known to science, from miniscule insects less than half a millimetre long to giants longer than a chihuahua. Beetles - a group of insects also known as ...

The total number of adult beetles found on Hawaii Island is now seven, and this week’s discoveries are the first outside of ...

These chemical “bombs” are the source of their name: Bombardier beetles. But there’s not just one type. In fact, there are over 500 species of bombardier beetles around the planet ...

One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous ...

Beetles are classified in the order Coleoptera (sheath-wing). The front pair of wings is hardened into cases (called elytra) ...

There are around 400,000 known species of beetle with new specimens being discovered every year. As this huge insect group grows, it seems entomologists have been competing to choose the most ...

The first coconut rhinoceros beetles have been found outside the Waikōloa area since the invasive insects were first detected a little more than a year ago on the Big Island.

Thirty-seven insects were found in a shipment from Japan to Los Angeles International Airport last month, Customs and Border Protection reports.

As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to ...