The nocturnal mating rituals of hairy scarab beetles are helping pollinate one of Perth's most common native trees, in a discovery that highlights the unusual adaptations of Australian plants and the ...
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Watch two stag beetles battle it out over a female
The life of a stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) is short and dramatic. Their mating rituals, as seen in this YouTube video, are more akin to a Shakespearean Tragedy. Males stage a fight to the death, while ...
Male beetles face a trade-off between competing with other males for mating opportunities and repairing damage to their sperm DNA, according to a study published April 4 in the open access journal ...
A hidden wildlife camera captures two longhorn beetles during a rare mating event on the bark of a forest tree. Longhorn beetles (family Cerambycidae) are easily recognized by their exceptionally long ...
Adult males wrestle to gain mating rights with a female. They have specialized, trident-shaped horns growing from their heads and thoraxes. The cephalic horn grows from its head, and two more grow ...
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