University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on their doorstep. However, that is exactly what happened when a research team ...

Beetles display a wide range of colors, from deep muted tones to those that shift from green to purple or yellow as they ...

Insects come in all different shapes and sizes, a result of thousands of years of evolution. Beetles are extremely diverse and are the largest order within the Insecta class. With over 350,000 ...

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re ...

If you spot tiny holes and piles of sawdust on your tree, bark beetles could be the culprit. Unfortunately, the solution ...

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they ...

The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle wreaking havoc on America's ash trees. We explain how it got here and how it is being tackled.

Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

BERKELEY — Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn’t been ...

Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 5, 2025) A study in PLOS One finds acute and chronic impacts of nontarget toxicity on the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, with neonicotinoid insecticide ...