Featherwing beetles are some of the world’s smallest flying insects. Yet they can rocket along with the speed and agility of much larger insects. Now, scientists have figured out how the beetles do it ...

Rhinoceros beetles The pitchfork-shaped horn used by male rhinoceros beetles to shove competitors out of the way may be big, but it's no impediment to flight, say researchers. PhD student Erin ...

How to identify and deal with the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, one of the most destructive pests in the United States.

Waterlily beetles (Galerucella nymphaeae) literally fly across water, high speed videography and a bit of mathematical modeling reveals. The beetles have a combination of hydrophobic hairs that line ...

Up until now, scientists believed that the world's smallest beetle couldn't fly. They suspected the featherwing beetle, which is less than one-third of a millimetre long, had to be carried by the wind ...

Seriously, look at the size of the thing sticking out of that beetle’s head, and that’s not even the maximum size those things grow to. All male rhino beetles have these giant horns growing out of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese beetle munches on an evening primrose in a Charlottetown garden. (Kevin Yarr/CBC - image credit) There could be a ...

Dung beetle expert Dr Bernard Doube predicts there will be more bush flies in NSW and Victoria this summer He expects more bush flies to breed in animal manure because there will be fewer dung beetles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dengarden and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Japanese beetles tend to eat leaves and flowers, leaving the ...