Our tiny insect friends have a few notable talents: digging in dirt, crawling on walls, and, apparently, creating artistic masterpieces. We now know that stag beetles can make quite the little artists ...

Blathers' Blabber: Giant stags are huge stag beetles with one tooth in each side of their large jaws. They're very territorial but careful at the same time, so they usually hide in holes in trees.

Flying and running take considerably more work for a male Cyclommatus metallifer (left) than they would in a short-jawed world, computer simulations reveal. Saddled with the weight of his giant ...

A: I’ve been asked about identification for a number of beetles this summer. This giant monster is a female Hercules beetle. The male can be a lighter color and typically has horns. They are known for ...

If a June beetle with big antennae and lines on its hard wing shards, or elytra, shows up under the lights on your porch, do yourself a favor and just tell everyone that you know it is a “lined June ...

Postal workers, like emergency room nurses, have one of those jobs where they see everything. Americans are adamant about their right to send weird things through the mail: Wrapped bricks, coconuts, ...

Augmented reality insects can now appear in your living room Augmented reality insects can now appear in your living room is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

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