When tending to your garden beds, the sight of green and copper-colored beetles can understandably make your heart sink. It's hard to mistake these characteristics of the Japanese beetle (Popillia ...

In lab experiments and field studies, the team tracked the beetles with fluorescent dyes as they moved from cone to cone.

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

Every year each master gardener volunteer takes his / her turn working the booth to help the public by answering questions and sharing knowledge about gardening and horticulture. This year as I took ...

Last May I went to Knowles Canyon Overlook Campground to enjoy magnificent scenery. Quite unexpectedly, I stumbled across small beetles in cactus blooms and an unexpected ecological interaction. As ...

Some plants produce heat, which has long puzzled botanists. But a new study suggests that infrared radiation is an ancient ...

There are so many different kinds of beetles in the world, you are bound to cross paths with one. The dark flower scarab could be one you have seen but never recognized. It looks similar to a June bug ...

A prehistoric beetle got caught in a sticky situation. Millions of years later, it’s helping scientists understand the first flowers. At some point, a tiny beetle happened to visit one of those ...

Last May I went to Knowles Canyon Overlook Campground to enjoy magnificent scenery. Quite unexpectedly, I stumbled across small beetles in cactus blooms and an unexpected ecological interaction. As ...