A Titan beetle specimen can reach a high and profitable valuation, but only after meeting specific requirements. The Titan beetle, a member of the Cerambycidae family, is difficult to find due to its ...

Up until now, scientists believed that the world's smallest beetle couldn't fly. They suspected the featherwing beetle, which is less than one-third of a millimetre long, had to be carried by the wind ...

From Forest Floor to Fortune: Meet the World’s Most Expensive Insect Can a tiny insect be worth more than a luxury car? As strange as it sounds, the answer is yes. Meet the stag beetle — a striking, ...

Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the ...

In the corner of a large, dim warehouse inside the Port of Oakland, Edel Gaingalas swings a hammer into a piece of wood. She’s looking for larvae — the wood, pried off a shipping crate, is riddled ...

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a reputation that borders on myth, given that it’s rarely seen alive, which is why ...