There are more insects on land than any other animal and beetles are the most numerous insects we know. Some 400,000 different beetles are known to us and most live on land, but about 13,000 types of ...

Scientists observed a beetle walking upside-down on the undersurface of a pool of water. How does this beetle walk this way? And why? Video by John Gould.Credit... Supported by By Sabrina Imbler After ...

There floats an enormous plastic garbage island in the North Pacific that is seven times the size of the Korean Peninsula. The island, called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is the result of 13 ...

We usually think of insects as meals for vertebrates such as frogs. But arthropods may turn the tables more often than you think. By Cara Giaimo Epomis beetle larvae look delicious to frogs. They’re ...

Lagria beetles have developed unusual physical traits to protect their progeny: Small invaginations on the backs of the larvae are inhabited by defensive bacteria. As shown in a new study, the ...

Another terrifying insect? A six-legged larvae that can slurp up fish and fully grown bullfrogs was found at a Montana national park, officials say. Called a “water tiger,” the predaceous diving ...

Tanya Latty volunteers for and is affiliated with Invertebrates Australia, a not for profit conservation organisation. She is also affiliated with the Australian Entomological Society and the ...