A beetle species’ larvae seem to bamboozle bees by smelling like flowers. This newly discovered deceptive strategy might be the first known example of an animal imitating floral scents, according to a ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Army ant colonies are home to a treasure trove of raided food and helpless juveniles that other insects would love to feed on. But one does not simply walk into an army ant colony and start eating.

Ladybugs, also known as ladybird beetles or lady beetles, consist of the family Coccinellidae within the order of beetles ( ...

Spokane is taking action to combat a pine bark beetle infestation affecting trees across the city, including those in parks and street rights-of-way, the city announced.

A new ladybird beetle species was hiding in plain sight on a Japanese campus, exposing how easily even well-studied insects ...