beetles

The diabolical ironclad beetle, in addition to having one of the coolest names in the animal kingdom, boasts one of…

Screw batteries and charging cables—2020 has been such a rough year that even the robots are turning to drink.

There are more species of beetle than just about anything else on Earth—approximately 400,000 species described,…

Amber fossils containing bugs are nothing new, but the discovery of a beautifully preserved Cretaceous Period beetle…

Featherwing beetles are some of the smallest insects out there—and one researcher managed to spot an ancient…

It’s a cruel world out there, and animals will do just about anything to avoid being eaten. In the case of…

Burying beetles (Nicrophorus) are hard to miss. The insects aren’t big, but most species are painted with vibrant,…

There’s an evolutionary arms race going on in the insect world. Except rather than fighting over weapons and weapons…

Insects aren’t the first thing that come to mind when we think of Antarctica, but as the discovery of a rare…

Some male insects—especially beetles—boast a penis that’s several times the length of their bodies, which... wow.…

An insect army awaits you. A team of engineers has developed a way to remotely control the movement of this beetle…

You do not want to piss off the bombardier beetle. When disturbed, it sprays noxious, near-boiling liquid out of its…

An animal skeleton is made up of hundreds of tiny bones, many of which are too fragile to be handled by human…

Really, would you spend your weekend any other way? Via the super talented and always awesome Alex Wild come these…

As they say, sex has consequences, even for male beetles. In their quest to eradicate an invasive beetle, scientists…

A completely new species of bug—a ground beetle named Duvalius abyssimus—was recently discovered by scientists…

The parents of the beetle species Eocorythoderus incredibilis must be so disappointed. All they ever wanted was for…

One of the evolutionary consequences of sexual reproduction is that males have to compete with each other for…

The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded last night! It's that fun time of year when we get to enjoy scientists'…

Men have always had evolution to blame for their wily Cassanova ways—that whole spreading their seed far and wide…