“Especially with the humans, we expected a result one way or the other: either that [the glossy beetles] would blend in or stand out more.” But shiny or matte, it made no difference to the humans or ...

The Prior Lake Community Garden spent much of the summer under siege. The invader: the Japanese beetle. The Japanese beetle is a bug a little bigger than a pea, with a shiny, bronze-green ...

With its shiny, black and fiery body and orange-tipped antennae, the American burying beetle is a vibrant beauty of the bug world. The insect's occupation, though, is a little less glamorous. After ...

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold.

It's no secret that Mexico holds a special place in the heart of the classic Beetle. While Volkswagen was just starting to establish its presence in Mexico with the arrival of the first Beetles ...