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 ...

Some species are unisexual and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

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 ...

New metallic beetle species, Konradus trescrucensis, is discovered in the Andes. It has adapted to extremely cold weather.

Beetles are fascinating creatures, and some people even keep them as pets. However, don’t rush out to the garden and just stick some beetles in a jar! If you’re going to keep pet beetles, you need to ...

The ship-timber beetle (Elateroides dermestoides) is a species of ambrosia beetle. Unlike many of its relatives, which are ...

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 ...

Smaller than a centimeter and capable of destroying trees, a potentially destructive species of beetle almost made its way ...

An insect intercepted amid the belongings of a passenger at Detroit Metro has since been identified as a potentially ...

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 ...

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