Abstract: Climbing is a highly desirable functionality for insect-scale terrestrial robots operating in complex environments, particularly for search and rescue operations. This paper demonstrates the ...

This leaf beetle looks amazing, but does like to chomp through - yes you guessed it - asparagus plants. Asparagus beetles, or Crioceris asparagi, are amazingly colourful, however, and despite them ...

Bark beetles are attacking trees all over Colorado, but their effects are widely up for debate. State officials and scientists have recently expressed differing opinions on the beetles and the impact ...

For those of us that like snow, it has been a fun time lately. For those that are not so keen, it may lead them to wonder where they can go, besides the sad situation in the United States, to find ...

Last week, prosecutors charged two Mark Morris High School students with rape for alleged sexual assaults against other boys at the school. Despite violence, travelers at Portland International ...

Some scientists and Colorado residents are raising concern that the state’s messaging and management of beetle-killed forests do not align with the published research on the interaction between dead ...

Washed up seaweed might look unimportant to us, but rotting seaweed is a crucial haven for animals such as the seaweed darkling beetle. The decaying seaweed provides both shelter and sustenance, ...

Joining the 350,000 documented beetle species requires achieving a unique flat anatomy. Measuring only 1 inch presents severe movement restrictions for the Tenebrionidae family. A flat exterior is ...

Insects come in all different shapes and sizes, a result of thousands of years of evolution. Beetles are extremely diverse and are the largest order within the Insecta class. With over 350,000 ...