Like all insects, beetles have six jointed legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. They are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up ...

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in the world, pound-for-pound. It can pull over 1,000 times its body weight.

in relation to its size the dung beetle is not only the world’s strongest insect – it’s the world’s strongest animal! On average, dung beetles can roll a ball of 50 times their own weight.

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...

Animal keepers at West Midlands Safari Park have had a busy start to the year [West Midlands Safari Park] Safari park animal keepers have carried out a new year count of all their animals, from the ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of ...

One of the world’s best insect undertakers is making a comeback. Populations of the American burying beetle, North America’s largest carrion beetle, have been decimated due mainly to habitat ...

from the tallest giraffes to colonies of the smallest fruit beetles. Annual tallies are carried out at all wildlife parks for their licences. Several baby animals were born last year at West ...