15-05-04 Bombardier beetles, which exist on every continent except Antarctica, have a pretty easy life. Virtually no other animals prey on them, because of one particularly effective defense mechanism: When disturbed or attacked, the beetles produce an inter...

15-04-23 Wanna know about climate change? Ask a beetle. Scientists have been logging changes in weather patterns and temperatures in the Arctic for some time. Now they need to find ways to measure how these changes in climate are affecting biodiversity. One...

15-03-20 Today's rich variety of beetles may be due to an historically low extinction rate rather than a high rate of new species emerging, according to a new study. These findings were revealed by combing through the fossil record. Much of the work to under...

14-12-30 A team of Chinese and Italian scientists has joined efforts to provide a key to the understudied phaleratus group of blister beetles. During their research the scientists have also discovered a new species from the genus Hycleus, which they named af...

14-11-20 Volkswagen has announced it's recalling over 440-thousand Jettas and Beetles to fix a problem that can cause rear suspension failure if the cars aren't fixed properly after a crash. 大众汽车宣布将召回44万多辆捷达和甲壳虫，这些车型在发生碰撞之后如果...

14-04-23 On Earth Week--and in fact, every week now--trees in mountains across the western United States are dying, thanks to an infestation of bark beetles that reproduce in the trees' inner bark. Some species of the beetles, such as the mountain pine beetl...

13-08-23 Cattle contribute to global warming by burping（打嗝） and farting（放屁） large amounts of greenhouse gases. Some of the same gases are also emitted from cow pats on pastures. But now researchers from the University of Helsinki have found that beet...

13-02-21 The tropics（热带地区） are home to an extraordinary diversity of insect species. How great is it, exactly? We do not know, but today, researchers at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History published a study on tropical beetles that can help us...

13-01-25 An insect with a tiny brain and minimal computing power has become the first animal proven to use the Milky Way for orientation. Scientists from South Africa and Sweden have published findings showing the link between dung beetles and the spray of s...

12-04-13 Although the preference of dung beetles（屎壳郎） for specific types and conditions of dung（粪） has been given substantial attention, little has been done to investigate their preference for dung from exotic mammals found on game farms or rewildin...