Crews are surveying the area around Kona airport after three adult coconut rhinoceros beetles were found in traps last week.

Very few Burke Museum visitors realize that thousands of secret workers are helping make the museum's animal specimen ...

Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle ...

There are around 400,000 known species of beetle with new specimens being discovered every year. As this huge insect group grows, it seems entomologists have been competing to choose the most ...

The first coconut rhinoceros beetles have been found outside the Waikōloa area since the invasive insects were first detected a little more than a year ago on the Big Island.

To protect themselves from being eaten by predators, some species have evolved clever defence mechanisms. Bombardier beetles have turned to chemical warfare, with some taking the art of escape to an ...