Woodworm can damage your home and furniture. Here’s how to identify wood-boring beetles and treat any infestations ...

This story appears in the April 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Six zipped her jacket and ambled into the woods with an ax. She stopped at a mixed stand of emerald and burnt-orange ...

These wood-boring beetles fly to forest fires in great numbers and mate while the forest is still burning. Females then deposit their eggs under the bark. The eggs hatch into larvae that feast for ...

Hercules beetles are found from southern Mexico to Bolivia, as well as on some Caribbean islands. Adults mainly feed on rotten fruits that have fallen to the floor of their rainforest homes, while the ...

The beetles never usually move far from their veteran trees. Females lay their eggs into slits within the bark and as larvae (a stage that takes just over two years) they feed on the wood. The full ...