ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A literal bug-eyed Goliath is bringing the post-Halloween spooks to its second home at the ABQ BioPark’s BUGarium. Goliath beetles grow to be around the size of a grown man’s fist.

One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...

Nature watcher Candace Savage introduces a friend with a strange obsession. John Acorn is fascinated with goliath beetles. Candace Savage is the author of Birds Brains and several other books about ...

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 ...

In ‘The Book of Beetles’ (University of Chicago Press, $55), author Patrice Bouchard showcases 600 species of the creature, including life-size photographs of examples from bright fireflies (a type of ...

The largest insects in the world, Africa’s Goliath beetles, are up against a much bigger behemoth—the cocoa industry. Indiscriminate deforestation for cocoa in West Africa is wiping out their home ...