A beetle’s back does not look like wings. It looks like a shell, hard and glossy, split down the middle by a straight seam. That seam is the clue. The two halves are the front pair of wings, thickened ...

One of the largest and strongest beetles in the world hardly seems the best inspiration for a delicate flying microbot. But using slow-motion cameras to capture the critters in flight, an ...

Scientists have created a flying robot inspired by how a rhinoceros beetle flaps its wings to take off. The concept is based on how some birds, bats, and other insects tuck their wings against their ...

They can't fly or swim, so why do their closest relatives appear on different continents? Grey Gustafson, an associate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big black beetles with long antennae might be skittering around your yard or patio this time of year, but fear not: These are just ...

If you see a sudden swarm of flying beetles outside on your porch, garden, or inside your home, it can feel alarming. Most swarming beetles are a nuisance rather than a danger. However, you still ...

Remote-controlled cockroaches are thing of the past, practically considered peasantry by the remote-controlled insect community, if such a thing were to exist. Well, not really, but why settle for ...

Experts have nominated two butterflies, a pair of beetles, a signal fly and a glow-worm as 2026 ABC Insect of the Year finalists. Now you get to help decide the winner.