Diving beetles (Dytiscidae) maintain the balance of pond ecosystems. They feed on other aquatic organisms, such as mosquito ...

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 ...

The species is also found in central and southern parts of Europe. Stag beetles' natural habitat is woodland, but they can also be found in hedgerows, traditional orchards and urban areas, ...

Beetles are at the heart of many ways we take inspiration from nature. Here are some examples. The fogstand beetle lives in the Namib Desert, where the average rainfall is 14mm a year and survives ...

Some male dung beetles have strong horns on their heads, too. Found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica, these ...

TULSA, Okla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the downlisting of the American burying beetle from endangered to threatened despite the absence of the beetle from most of its range, ...

I realised that the Goliath beetles shared the same habitat and could also be endangered. My team then began intensive face-to-face interview campaigns in communities to find out if local people ...

Differential effect of urbanization on carabid beetle communities in open and forested habitat Beetle diversity differs significantly between habitat types. For instance, for carabid beetles, open ...

The great capricorn beetle has been extinct in Britain for hundreds, if not thousands, of years - but two made an unexpected reappearance in 1976. The great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) is found ...