All Articles Tagged As: beetles

Where Are You Now, My Love? (6/27/2008)

Discovery related to Japanese beetles' sex pheromones has implications for agricultural pest control ...> Full Article

Western Forests Highly Susceptible to Extensive Outbreaks of Bark Beetle (4/24/2008)

Lodgepole pine forests have characteristics that could lead to large bark beetle outbreaks in the western U.S. ...> Full Article

Armed beetles find a mate, whatever their size (3/31/2008)

One species of armed beetle is proving that size doesn't necessarily matter when it comes to finding a mate. ...> Full Article

Small desert beetle found to engineer ecosystems (3/29/2008)

The catastrophic action a tiny beetle is wreaking on the deteriorating Chihuahuan desert ...> Full Article

Mystery behind the strongest creature in the world (3/13/2008)

The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published today, Tuesday, 11 March, in the New Journal of Physics, details an investigation into the structure of the specie's peculiar protective shell which could aid design of 'intelligent materials'. ...> Full Article