According to Science Magazine, an international team of researchers from China and the United States uncovered a prehistoric beetle specimen trapped inside amber, and on that specimen were tiny ...

About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...

The beetle’s explosive power is derived primarily ... while reaching for another specimen in the field. But the insects have also interested creationists, who’ve argued that this complex ...

With its shiny, black and fiery body and orange-tipped antennae, the American burying beetle is a vibrant beauty of the bug world. The insect's occupation, though, is a little less glamorous. After ...

MIGRATION: This beetle has not been known to migrate ... 2 and 3 at Comal Springs and a single specimen was taken from San Marcos Springs. It is not known whether this species historically ranged in ...

There are roughly 400,000 species of beetle known to science, from miniscule insects less than half a millimetre long to giants longer than a chihuahua. Beetles - a group of insects also known as ...

In the video above, Max Barclay, Senior Curator in Charge of the Museum's beetle collection, explains the science behind a bombardier beetle's detonations. There are hundreds of species of bombardier ...

More information: Hiromasa Goto et al, Circularly polarized reflection spectra of a photonic beetle and preparation of tunable circularly polarized light reflecting device consisting of conductive ...

This Argentinian rove beetle is so rare it was named twice. The first name comes from Charles Darwin (who collected the first specimen in 1832). The second is in honour of Radio 4 favourite David ...