They can't fly or swim, so why do their closest relatives appear on different continents? Grey Gustafson, an associate ...

In the first-ever translocation of adult tiger beetles, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologists released 43 Ohlone tiger beetles to a new home in Santa Cruz County earlier this year with the ...

Sounding like a toxic moth might keep some beetles safe from hungry bats. When certain tiger beetles hear an echolocating bat draw near, they respond with extremely high-pitched clicks. This acoustic ...

If you ever want to meet someone enthusiastic about their job, catch up with the staff that works in the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo Butterfly and Insect Pavilion. The first time I visited to discuss ...

Bats, as the main predator of night-flying insects, create a selective pressure that has led many of their prey to evolve an early warning system of sorts: ears uniquely tuned to high-frequency bat ...

Introduction. Physical description -- Life cycle -- Mating and mating behaviors -- Feeding behavior and prey -- Predators and parasitoids -- Seasonal patterns ...

An endangered Miami tiger beetle, Cicindelidia floridana, photographed in the wild in the Pine Rocklands ecosystem near Miami, Florida. This species has only been found in the globally imperiled pine ...

Tiger beetles generate "anti bat-sonar" to prevent echolocating bats from eating them, scientists say. An experiment suggests the beetles mimic sounds created by poisonous insects that bats avoid.

"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...