Holotrichia parallela, the large black chafer beetle, is a serious agricultural pest in Asia. The beetles have an unusual mating strategy, with females emerging every other night and releasing a ...

She walked into the fancy seafood restaurant anyway and sat down to have dinner with her date. But then this guy didn't ask Victoria anything about herself. That beetle, plus this guy exclusively ...

Some dung beetles are native to California, but many have been imported to help reduce damage from cattle farming. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge spoke with an entomologist about their role ...

The discovery, published today (August 16) in Current Biology, of a beetle fossilized in Burmese amber together ... at least 167 million years ago—the earliest evidence uncovered to date. This amber ...

Adult beetles are reported to prefer coconut palms along with royal, date and fan palms. They feed on the growing spear of ...

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 ...