Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re ...

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they ...

Native fungi from forests killed emerald ash borers in lab tests, offering a potential new biological tool to slow the ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

This photo courtesy of Bembidion expert David Maddison, a professor of integrative biology at Oregon State University, shows a specimen of Bembidion brownorum discovered by UC Berkeley entomologist ...

Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

BERKELEY — Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn’t been ...

A statewide DNA barcoding project aims to document California’s insects for the first time, creating a crucial baseline as ...