Insects, due to their vast numbers, are perhaps the most understudied animal group in the world. But Gabor Lovei, a researcher in New Zealand, remains undaunted, having devised a fascinating new way ...

A hidden camera placed on the forest floor captures a ground beetle feeding on a slug among moss and decaying wood. This ...

The striking colors of many creatures in nature result from their structures at a microscopic or even nanoscopic level. A good example of this is the metallic coloring of certain beetles. Researchers ...

The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web -- ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in ...

The busy ground beetles' diet can help control slugs, asparagus beetles, caterpillars, Colorado potato beetles, corn earworms, cutworms, squash vine borers and tobacco budworms. This article is part ...

While working in your garden, have you ever turned over a rock or raked up some wet leaves and been startled to see a large, black beetle scurry away faster than a speeding bullet? That “super insect” ...

Fossilized forewings from two individuals, discovered on the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica, revealed the first ground beetle known from the southernmost continent. It is also the second beetle for ...

We’ve all seen them: Those big, black iridescent beetles that come running out when you’re out weeding in the garden. Although they’re commonly known as carabid or ground beetles, entomologist Sharon ...

Five years ago I wrote "In mid-June and with no forewarning my patio was invaded by an army of insects. One weekend I was entertaining friends and toddlers in the backyard and the next weekend I was ...

Have you seen black beetles crawling around your yard? In your pool? Gathering in the corners of your house? You're not alone. Last year, Brad Olsen, owner of Urban Desert Pest Control in Phoenix, got ...