An entomologist who has been documenting dung beetles for two decades believes that a species he has just discovered could ...

About 500 metres into the walk, he spotted a tiny chocolate brown dung beetle less than 5mm in size amid a hoard of common ...

Although its always exciting to see the big game in the wild, it’s also about the smaller creatures in the animal kingdo ...

Christian Deschodt, a doctoral student at the University of Pretoria (UP), has uncovered two new species of dung beetles over ...

A walk to pick up his children at school turned into an exciting discovery of a new dung beetle species for Hartbeespoort ...

Beetles are an evolutionary success, with rove beetles' diversification largely due to their unique tergal gland that synthesizes defensive chemicals. This adaptation, evolving over millions of years, ...

The dung beetle gets its closeup. The portrait was made using a technique called photo stacking, in which the camera is on a ...

In his latest paper, which also appeared in Zootaxa, Deschodt described yet another new species. Onthophagus pragtig probably ...

Harlequin Ladybirds are an invasive species original from Asia and have been seen in high numbers across the UK after a warm ...

Last fall and spring, about 5,000 Laricobius nigrinus beetles — affectionately called Lari by scientists — made an overnight ...

The World Tiger Beetle day celebrated on November 11 hopes to build respect, nurture, and conserve this lesser-known group of ...

Multicolored Asian lady beetles, an invasive species of ladybug native to Southeastern Asia, have become more prevalent ...