An indicator of ecological health of Southern California’s desert landscapes may lie in a beetle smaller than your pinky finger. The Casey’s June beetle not only plays a crucial role in the ecosystem ...

The public will get one last chance to comment on how much critical habitat is needed to ensure the survival of the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle, one of the rarest insects in the world. The U.S.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to push the agency to protect endangered Miami tiger beetles by designating lifesaving critical habitat. The ...

At first glance, dung beetles may seem like simple insects rolling balls of faeces across the ground; however, this is one ...

The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web -- ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in ...

When southern Rocky Mountain forests are viewed from a distance these days, it may not look like much is left. Large swaths of dead, standing Engelmann spruce trees tell the tale of a severe regional ...

In January of this year, a new outbreak of the goldspotted oak borer beetle was noted in Calimesa within Rivers & Lands ...