Close-up Photographer of the Year have announced the winners of their CUPOTY 6 competition, supported by Affinity Photo. An image of two male stag beetles battling for mating rights has won the grand ...

This stag beetle has just weeks to find a mate before he dies. After living five years underground as a juvenile, this adult male stag beetle has only a few weeks to find a mate. Not only must he find ...

Appearance: Black or dark brown. Instead of its hard casing being as smooth as a polished car hood – like many beetle species – S. rugosum's body is covered with bumps, giving it a rugose appearance, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Two Darwin Stag Beetles lock mandibles in a battle for mating supremacy. It's an epic confrontation on a tree branch, 60 feet above the Valdivian ...

Q: I found this critter one evening near an outdoor light at a feed store. It was banging into the light repeatedly. It didn’t hurt my skin when I picked it up and it didn’t try to bite me. What is ...

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 ...

Oxfordshire residents are being asked to keep an eye out for stag beetles this summer and record any sightings online. The People's Trust for Endangered Species is calling on the public to contribute ...