The Average American Can’t Properly Identify These Common Insects

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...

A Namib desert beetle runs to stay cool: how scientists solved the puzzle of this unique and speedy species

The Namib desert’s sand can be burningly hot but its air, blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean, is cool. Running generates a ...

University of Memphis researchers find lost species through free app

Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.
Ars Technica

Why are there so many species of beetles?

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Do So Many Beetle Species Exist?

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they ...
Los Angeles Times

Jerry Brown gets a rare beetle species named after him

BERKELEY — Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn’t been ...