Remote-controlled “ cyborg beetles ” could be used to help discover people trapped in collapsed buildings or mines, research ...

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors ...

Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary tale of one of Earth ...

Darkling beetles also may be known as stink beetles, long-time Herald garden columnist Marianne C. Ophardt told readers in 2004. If they are disturbed or threatened they will stick their rear end ...

Darkling beetles are dull bluish black or brown. They never have color patterns on the back. In most species, the segments at the tip of the antenna are slightly larger than segments at the base ...

Of the 16 species new to science, 15 are currently known to exist only in Singapore, with one also found in the Malay Peninsula. Additionally, the papers documented three other species of darkling ...

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SINGAPORE – Sixteen new species of darkling beetles have been found here after more than two decades of one researcher’s consistent effort in surveying local forests. Found mostly on decaying ...