Ant colony nests are known for their impenetrability. These highly organized insect societies will soon detect an intruder’s ...
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 ...
A Kobe University study shows that small aquatic beetles survive catfish attacks by resisting ingestion inside the catfish's ...
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 ...
Ant colonies are well-defended fortresses. The social insects quickly sniff out most intruders and kill them to protect their young in the nest. But many other species—from beetles to butterflies and ...
(Beyond Pesticides, February 5, 2025) A study in PLOS One finds acute and chronic impacts of nontarget toxicity on the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, with neonicotinoid insecticide ...
(KTXL) — A rare species of beetle is being named after Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife Anne following its discovery on his Colusa County ranch. The new species is being called Bembidion brownorum, which ...
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 ...
The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...
This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange ...