Having hundreds of roundworms living inside your abdomen may seem like a bad thing. But for horned passalus beetles, hosting wriggly nematode larvae may benefit them and the eastern U.S. forests they ...

As I walked past a small, damaged cottonwood tree, I noticed an iridescent movement. It was a black beetle with numerous glimmering dots, even on its large eyes. It had an oval body, a blunt head and ...

Even for insects, wood is a tough food source as it contains hard substances such as cellulose. To help make wood more palatable, some wood-feeding insects are assisted by symbiotic microorganisms ...

Despite the buzz in recent years about other invasive insects that pose an even larger threat to agriculture and trees -- such as the spotted lanternfly, the stink bug and the emerald ash borer -- ...

The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) confirmed the presence of the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Issaquena ...

Which energy type promotes the biodiversity of beetles living in dead wood in the forest? That depends entirely on where the beetles are in the food chain. Energy is the key to life. For decades, ...

Considered at risk of extinction, hermit beetles need to be efficiently monitored. However, due to their life cycle, standard sampling is unreasonably time-consuming and quite damaging to both the ...