The chocolate industry's insatiable demand for cocoa is pushing the Goliath beetle to the brink of extinction.

As cities expand, they encroach on natural habitats, reducing the available space for the beetles to live, feed, and reproduce. Remaining habitat is further impacted by fragmentation, a process by ...

Spring arrives, and with it, the magnolias. Their enormous pink and white blooms unfurl in many parts of the world, but if ...

Habitats for the Calathus lunblad ground beetle also face destruction from climate change and severe weather. Climate change can alter the landscape and make it uninhabitable for many of the ...

Two Goliath beetle species are in grave danger because cocoa farming has wiped out their forests and they’re being sold on ...

In contrast, salvage-logged areas, where trees were removed after the outbreak, had lower beetle diversity. This was particularly true for species that thrive in open, undisturbed habitats ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study shows.

In Finland, warmer temperatures have expanded the European bark beetle's habitat, accelerated their reproduction, and consequently increased forest damage caused by bark beetles. Since commercial ...