Researchers collected rove beetles in an area of tropical forest in Borneo. Out of the 252 different species of beetle that were recorded, 76% were undescribed by science.

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is a living tank—one of the strongest, heaviest, and largest insects on the planet. In this video, we build the ultimate rainforest habitat to match its epic ...

Beetles are plentiful in the rainforest, and the species that Alejandro Lopera-Toro’s team studies are not endangered. The study does mean that the beetles are killed, but overall, the effect on ...

UK’s largest and rarest beetle, once thought to be extinct, discovered on Dartmoor. Species has declined significantly due to felling of ancient temperate rainforest habitat ...

A brand new species of beetle has been discovered hiding deep within the rainforest. According to a new paper in the Biodiversity Data Journal, the new species, Clavicornaltica mataikanensis, is ...

For insects, the Amazon’s canopy contains a dazzling multiverse. A new study finds that high in rainforest trees, insects live in ecosystems that vary wildly from the forest floor on up.

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

He had been on a hunting trip with four friends in the Amazon rainforest but got separated from his party on Jan. 25. Exactly a month later, last Saturday, he was found by search and rescue teams.

Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity Date: February 21, 2024 Source: University of Göttingen Summary: Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into ...

With so many different types of plants, animals and insects living in the rainforest, we will look at how a few of them have adapted to their unique environment. Leafcutter Ants. Ant fungus ...

“The problem here is that no one knows tropical beetles in such detail as we know birds and mammals.” The result is that many of the known species of rainforest beetles are widespread generalists.