By Recycling Leftover Genes, Beetles Make New Horns and Eyes
By Viviane Callier Beetle horns are tremendously varied structures, both within and between species: some beetles have them, some don’t. The ones that do have them have evolved many special […]
Beneficial Beetle Diversity Blooms on Strip-Tilled Farms
By Andrew Porterfield Biodiversity of insects has become an important issue in agriculture. Large-scale, intensive agricultural practices involve mechanically tilling the soil, managing pests with chemicals, and the use of […]
32 New Beetle Species Identified from New Brunswick, Canada
In 1991, 1,365 beetle species were known from New Brunswick. That number increased to 2,703 by 2013, but there were still gaps in the knowledge of the coleopteran fauna. Now […]
Help Name a Beetle Species with Spectacular Genitalia After Stephen Colbert
By Michael L. Ferro Amazingly, many animals can only be told apart by their tallywhackers, and there is one that is so amazing that it needs to be named after […]
52-million-year-old Beetle Fossil is Oldest Known Practitioner of Myrmecophily
Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a 52-million-year old beetle that was probably able to live alongside ants by preying on their eggs and usurping resources within the comfort of […]
24 New Beetle Species Discovered in the Lachnophorini Tribe
An extensive study by scientists at the Smithsonian Institution adds a new genus and 24 new species to the carabid beetle tribe Lachnophorini. The study was published in the open […]
Researchers Discover Three New Species of Rove Beetles from New Zealand
At the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Louisiana State University entomologists Jong-Seok Park and Christopher Carlton presented a poster describing their discovery […]
If You’re Trying to Find Insects in the Forest, Look Up
Earlier this week, the Lyman Entomological Museum blog posted a piece about an article that appears in the journal Environmental Entomology. It describes how researchers from McGill University explored the […]
85 New Species of Jewel-like Beetles
The bottomless pit of insect biodiversity has yielded a treasure trove of new species of jewel-like clown beetles. In a paper published today in the journal ZooKeys, Michael Caterino and […]
Can Beetles Make Good Mothers?
A new study provides a rare glimpse into how certain beetles actually protect their young by showing explicit signs of maternal instincts and care. An international team of scientists from […]