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 ...

Meet Excastra albopilosa, a newly identified species of longhorn beetle that rocks an unusually fluffy white coat. Discovered in Australia, the fuzzy-looking arthropod also has distinct, separated eye ...

Use caution around these beetles, as their bodies contain cantharidin, a chemical that can cause skin blistering.

Elephants sustain a diverse ecosystem, including many species of dung beetles — colorful insects that perform many key ecological functions. By breaking up, moving and burying dung, these tiny ...

An adult Prionus imbricornis, a type of longhorn beetle. While adults do not feed, prionus larvae have been found attacking the roots of blueberry bushes around North Carolina. North Carolina’s ...