We evaluated the effects of different land-use systems on the ability of dung beetles to control the population of detritus-feeding flies. We tested the hypotheses that intensification of land use ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Let’s talk Japanese beetles. As tedious as it sounds, the best way to deal with them is to hand pick them off your plants and plop them into a buckets of soapy water. Research ...

It may look like your average housefly, but this invasive, parasitic fly species could help stop the spread of invasive Japanese beetles, which were recently found near downtown Kamloops, B.C. It's ...

Studying insects in flight can be difficult. They're usually tethered in place, although this may affect the manner in which they fly. That's why scientists from the University of California, Berkeley ...

Beetles may not look like superheroes, but they sure fly like them. Unlike other winged insects, beetles soar with their legs outstretched, a posture that helps them maneuver and turn, a new study ...

Seriously, look at the size of the thing sticking out of that beetle’s head, and that’s not even the maximum size those things grow to. All male rhino beetles have these giant horns growing out of ...

Researchers at Nanyang Technical University and the University of California at Berkley wanted to answer the question: how do you make a small drone that can fly all day? The problem is that a drone ...