When you contemplate what foods beetles eat, it is tempting to say “just about everything.” Beetles eat a wide range of ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle ...

With its shiny, black and fiery body and orange-tipped antennae, the American burying beetle is a vibrant beauty of the bug world. The insect's occupation, though, is a little less glamorous. After ...

April 7 (UPI) --A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last month by U.S. border agents before it could destroy forests and ecosystems, Customs and Border Protection announced Monday.

Scientists identify the Onthophagus taurus dung beetle as Earth's strongest insect, capable of pulling 1,141 times its body ...

Beetles - a group of insects also known as Coleoptera - make up more than a quarter of all known animal species on our planet. Many of these insects play important roles in their ecosystems. While we ...

Discover all you need to know about these fascinating insects. What is a dung beetle? Dung beetles get their name from their diet of animal poo. Wherever there are herbivorous mammals leaving ...