What is less lovely than a summer blossom? The sight of a Japanese beetle on that blossom, shiny as an oil slick. “We’re hearing quite a few reports about the beetles this year,” according to Sharon ...

State records show the beetle was first detected on Oʻahu in 2013 and later turned up on Kauaʻi, which triggered tighter surveillance and new limits on moving materials that could harbor larvae, ...

ASPEN, Colorado – The tactics designed to slow the spread of mountain pine beetles on a patch of Smuggler Mountain will probably just delay the inevitable and fail to preserve lodgepole pine trees, ...

This is one beetle invasion Brooklyn can live without. That’s why lawmakers last week announced $33 million to battle the Asian long-horned beetle, an invasive insect threatening nearly half of the ...

Carbondale Town Hall was a briefing room for the war on pine beetles Thursday afternoon as two experts of the bug and its habits talked about measures to slow its tour of North America. Nancy Gillette ...

Mesa County residents can expect to hear a lot of buzz about a certain beetle this spring as the county government seeks public cooperation in trying to eradicate an outbreak that threatens not just ...

A Brazilian beetle with an appetite for a certain invasive weed could help to control the plant that grows thick in Maui’s forests and outcompetes native species. Syphraea uberabensis is a small ...

For burying beetles, it’s not whether a female wins or loses, it’s whether she plays the game. Female Nicrophorus vespilloides beetles lay their eggs in dead bodies — specifically, the bodies of small ...

ASPEN, Colorado ” A plan to slow a pine beetle infestation on Smuggler Mountain this summer appeared to have general support from Pitkin County commissioners Tuesday, but exactly what will be done and ...

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

After living five years underground as a juvenile, this adult male stag beetle only has a few weeks to find a mate. Not only does he have to find a female, but he also must fend off other males in his ...