This species, unearthed from lacustrine ... Mine as a crucial Cretaceous deposit in Africa with a rich biota, encompassing various groups of plants and insects. This discovery tells us that ...

There are about 500 species of dung beetle in South Africa, and more than 700 in all Southern African countries, including South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Blister beetles are insects from the biological family Meloidae. This family includes at least 120 genera, or groups, and over 2,500 species. They all behave in similar ways and have similar body ...

The largest may be the elephant dung beetles of the genus Heliocopris, different species of which are found in Africa and Asia and can reach 70 millimetres. As the name suggests, these feed in the ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect San Joaquin tiger beetles under the Endangered Species Act. The beetles live only in ...