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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 realized 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 ...

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 ...