Even large and conspicuous insects remain unknown to science. This is highlighted by a new study from the Natural History ...

Describing new species can take decades. But scientists are working to identify new ways to speed up our understanding of ...

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re ...

As if we needed reminding, new research documenting dozens of previously unknown insect species highlights just how little we ...

A beetle enthusiast from County Antrim has recorded a beetle species not seen in Ireland for nearly 100 years.

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they ...

In a fossilized chunk of ancient reptilian poo, scientists have uncovered complete specimens of a new beetle species. The finding, described June 30 in Current Biology, suggests that fossilized dung ...

A beetle that has been neither here, there nor everywhere since 1966 has been rediscovered after more than half a century. KIP WILL: This one, when I pulled it out, I said, well, that doesn't look ...

BERKELEY — Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn’t been ...

The emerald ash borer is an invasive species of tiny green beetle that has been killing millions of trees across the country.

June 30 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered of a new beetle species preserved in fossilized feces deposited by Silesaurus opolensis, an ancient dinosaur ancestor. It's the first time scientists have ...