CHARLESTON, S.C. — While the spiked horns on rhinoceros beetles may look like masculine sacrifice for the sake of huge weapons, the protrusions may not be such a drag after all. Male Trypoxylus ...

For some beetles, size definitely matters. Male Japanese rhinoceros beetles (Allomyrina dichotoma) are equipped with a prodigious forked horn which they use to flip other males off a tree in their ...

With more than 350,000 described species, and many more still waiting to be discovered, beetles are among the most diverse and resilient creatures on Earth, thriving in nearly every environment from ...

It’s been just over one year since Lavaloha farmer Daeus Bencomo found telltale signs of Queensland longhorn beetles on his ...

(WPBN/WGTU) -- August is Tree Check Month. This time of year is the most important to inspect your local trees' health and quality. This month, we're taking a look at an invasive beetle that's harmful ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida is no stranger to exotic animals making their way to the Sunshine State, but one bug made history after being one of the first of its species to be found here. Travis ...

Big Island farmers want the state to tackle the Queensland longhorn beetle before it spreads to the rest of the state and ...

Beetles are some of the most diverse animals in the world, with around 400,000 known species living in a wide variety of habitats. They are famed for their particularly hard exoskeleton and powerful ...

Four Ohio bugs make good candidates for Best Pest of the Midwest. While some little creatures roaming the state can peacefully coexist with Ohio's human population, other insects are getting away with ...

A study of how dung beetles survive deforestation in Borneo suggests that species with more competition among males for matings are less likely to go extinct, according to new research. A study of how ...