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 CHCs altogether. This likely allows Sceptobius to go stealth long enough to ...

S. lativentris beetles evade detection — and attack — by grooming the ants to harvest chemicals called cuticular hydrocarbons ...

"Scientists have overlooked this species for so long," said Kyushu University entomologist Ryōta Seki in a statement.

Quick Take The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) was first identified as an invasive species in the US in 2002. It is ...

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 ...

University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on ...

Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

Insects come in all different shapes and sizes, a result of thousands of years of evolution. Beetles are extremely diverse ...

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 ...

A tiny insect is silently killing California's coast live oaks. First spotted in Ventura County last year, the goldspotted ...

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