Insects Orient Using Stars

Scientists have demonstrated that dung beetles (superfamily Scarabaeoidea) use the gradient of light from the Milky Way to guide themselves and ensure they continue in a straight line, proving for the first time that insects can use stars for orientation.

Colors of Fossil Beetles

A new study of ancient beetles shows how their original colors are altered over time and with the chemistry and preservation of fossilization, as colors experience a subtle "redshift" from violet to blue to green.

Screw and Nut in Nature

Entomologists studying weevil families of Papua New Guinea (Trigonopterus oblongus) have shown that weevil legs attach to their body and are moved via a screw and nut mechanism no different than the ridges on the industrial connectors.