This VW Beetle packs a small-block V-8 surprise

Even decades after production ceased, Volkswagen Beetles remain a cultural phenomenon in the United States and around the ...

Beetle-like borings in 70-million-year-old titanosaur fossils reshape Lo Hueco fossil story

Traces or perforations caused by living organisms after an animal's death can be found on various dinosaur bone remains.

Scientists discover a new beetle species hiding on a Japanese university campus

The image of biological discovery is usually tied to distant rainforests, isolated islands or mountain ranges that few people ...
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A Midwest beetle that needs corpses to survive is dying out. But there’s still hope

A zookeeper shows off an American burying beetle at the St. Louis Zoo. Their staff is working to conserve this threatened species. American burying beetles bring dead animals underground, turn them ...

Invasive beetle species spreading toward Austin as officials warn of deadly threat to ash trees

The emerald ash borer could impact more than one million ash trees, as experts urge residents to watch for signs.

Scarab beetle found on Pulau Ubin new to science

Discover the newly found scarab beetle species on Pulau Ubin, documented in a publication highlighting the island's rich ...

Nonprofit takes aim at Colorado's growing mountain pine beetle problem one tree at a time

A Colorado nonprofit is working to help landowners fight back against growing infestations of mountain pine beetles and ...

To fight Japanese beetles, don’t overwater grass

Japanese beetles also do damage in the larval stage of their life cycle, when they live underground as white grubs, usually ...

Symbiotic partner-swapping or long-term fidelity? Partnership success between beetles and bacteria revealed

Some insects and microbes develop symbiotic partnerships that become so interdependent they can no longer survive without each other. But how specific are these heritable symbioses? Is it possible for ...