A national conservation group is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enhance protections for an ultra-rare species of beetle that is only found in certain environments unique to California’s ...

A researcher discovered an interesting tiger beetle in the Midwestern State University insect collection. The MSU Texas collection, featuring specimens collected by the late Walter Dalquest, is ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Willcox Playa tiger beetle under the Endangered Species Act. The rare tiger beetle ...

Officially, Earth boasts roughly two million species. Unofficially, scientists suspect there could be millions — perhaps over 100 million — more. Each year, scientists add thousands of new species to ...

Beneath the muddy salt marsh in Lancaster County lurks a vicious predator. The Salt Creek tiger beetle pounces on prey using mandibles to capture meals as large as it is, about half an inch long. Its ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect San Joaquin tiger beetles under the Endangered Species Act. The beetles live only in ...

The Salt Creek tiger beetle, with its big eyes, olive green body and long legs, gets its name because it captures its prey with its mouth in a “tiger-like” manner. There are only 263 Salt Creek tiger ...