After the weevils helped control the spread of salvinia in parts of the United States, scientists from both countries worked together on a project to gather a starter population in South Africa. The 1 ...

South Africa is unleashing weevil beetles in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic, floating fern that grows on the surface of freshwater bodies. (AP ...

There are huge parts of Africa where beetles are protected. Forests in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Kenya offer valuable shelter to Goliathus goliatus. Gabon, the northern ...