When downed trees are attacked by beetles, the wood becomes more flammable, demonstrating another way insects can alter the ...

a smaller band of beetles can overwhelm them. Three-quarters of the mature whitebark pines in Yellowstone National Park are now dead—a blow to grizzly bears, which eat the seeds in autumn, ...

Some insects are valued for their high protein content and nutritional benefits. From ants to scorpions, here are some edible ...

Fialho, affectionately called “the Girl of Dead Pigs” by some of her friends, then leaves the pigs in the forest so she can study the beetles that eat and live on rotting flesh. This gory work is a ...

But this team also cleans up expertly. The secret workforce cleaning up specimens is a team of flesh-eating beetles better known as dermestid beetles. Dermestid beetles — only the size of a ...

Protect your cucumbers, cantaloupe, squash, and pumpkins from cucumber beetles and the plant disease they can spread.

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is expanding eight-fold the area of private and public land in the Tri-Cities it wants to spray pesticide to fight highly destructive Japanese be ...

Wherever there are herbivorous mammals leaving droppings, there are beetles making the most of it. But scientific discoveries show there's more to the insects than what they eat. All dung beetles ...