beetles

Please Don’t Eat the Beetles

One of the many things I love about Charles Darwin is that he loved to collect beetles as a young man. My own passion was for bees, from the time I was around five. I’d collect as many as I… Read More

Yen for Beetles

Rhinoceros beetles are popular pets for children in Japan. In 1999, a Japanese company began selling live beetles from vending machines.… Read More

Beetle Name-ia

In 2005, two entomologists discovered 65 new species of slime-mold beetles (genus Agathidium). They named three of the species in honor of President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (A. bushi, A. cheneyi… Read More

Bugsicle

The Arctic beetle can survive in temperatures below -76 degrees Fahrenheit.… Read More