Most of us think of beetles as small creatures flying through the air or scurrying across the ground to get to their destination without falling prey to a predator. But as bug enthusiasts know, there ...

Hercules beetles are among the largest flying insects in the world, with males of some subspecies measuring up to 6.8 inches (17.2 centimeters) long. They are also extraordinarily strong and can lift ...

Beetles are some of the most diverse animals in the world, with around 400,000 known species living in a wide variety of habitats. They are famed for their particularly hard exoskeleton and powerful ...

Beetles are classified in the order Coleoptera (sheath-wing). The front pair of wings is hardened into cases (called elytra) that can fold down to sheathe the other pair of wings and much of the rest ...

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden recently obtained baby beetles and tarantulas that were brought into the country illegally. Four Hercules beetles larvae were confiscated at the Louisville ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This page is for the Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules. Not to be confused with the Eastern Hercules beetle© Roberto ...