A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

Some insects sting, some bite, and some spray acid bombs out of their nether regions. It’s a perfectly tactical defense, and highly effective for the bombardier beetle. From a predator’s perspective, ...

Ant colonies are well-defended fortresses. The social insects quickly sniff out most intruders and kill them to protect their ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...

A temperate tunneling species of dung beetle seems capable of adapting to climate change, but their tropical cousins may be ...

S. lativentris beetles evade detection — and attack — by grooming the ants to harvest chemicals called cuticular hydrocarbons ...

A plague of tiny mountain pine beetles, no bigger than a grain of rice, has already destroyed 15 years of log supplies in British Columbia, enough trees to build 9 million single-family homes, and are ...

Rove beetles have evolved a neat trick to survive. They cloak themselves in ant pheromones, allowing them to enter and remain ...

Bark beetles are attacking trees all over Colorado, but their effects are widely up for debate. The question: Do they ...

In another addition to the ever-expanding list of “awwww little cutie” creatures, we have the Golden Target Tortoise Beetle. The beetle not only inspires a case of “cute aggression,” but also has some ...

Most of us think of beetles as small creatures flying through the air or scurrying across the ground to get to their ...