But Gabor Lovei, a researcher in New Zealand, remains undaunted, having devised a fascinating new way to study beetles at night. NOVA: Can you describe night-active ground beetles and explain what ...

Not all beetles have such fanciful names as fireflies and ladybugs. But many of them have something more important in common: ...

Dr. Nick Royle of the University of Exeter, who led the study with Ph.D. researcher Brogan Pett, said, "Blue ground beetles are one of the largest and rarest species of ground beetle in the UK ...

All bombardier beetles are in one of two subfamilies of ground beetles called Brachininae and Paussinae, with more than 50 genera combined. Bombardier beetles have not been evaluated for their ...

There are hundreds of species of bombardier beetles living around the world, found on every continent except Antarctica. They are small ground beetles (Carabidae) that can typically be found in leaf ...

Ingo Arndt (Germany) documents the efficient dismemberment of a blue ground beetle by red wood ants. “Full of ant” is how Ingo described himself after lying next to the ants’ nest for just a few ...

Around twilight, Casey's June beetles emerge from sandy soils near Palm Springs, California, to mate. Between late March and June, males fly swiftly above the ground searching for female beetles. But ...