A call has gone out to residents of Iowa and Illinois to keep their eyes open for the emerald ash borer, an exotic pest of ash trees that is emerald green in color and one-half inch in length. Because ...

Tiger beetles are lightning-fast hunters, sprinting so quickly they momentarily outrun their own vision. Watch how these tiny but ferocious predators use blistering speed to chase down prey and finish ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 1,869 acres of lifesaving ­­critical habitat for the ...

For the first time in over a decade, endangered Ohlone tiger beetles roam a preserve near Soquel and await their chance to pounce on unsuspecting prey. Their metallic emerald bodies appear iridescent ...

DESCRIPTION: About half an inch long, the Salt Creek tiger beetle has a metallic brown to dark olive green back, with a dark metallic green underside. HABITAT: This beetle inhabits areas that contain ...

The beetle was rediscovered in 2007 after a more than 60-year absence. Now, planned development is threatening its existence. Miami tiger beetles, like this wild-caught specimen photographed in a ...

I recall a day in late May when as I went about my usual duties of feeding birds and pulling weeds, both a green tiger beetle and a dragonfly — a wandering glider, I think — hitched rides on my arms.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 1,933 acres. Some scientists say at least 15,000 acres, and 36,000 acres would be even better. The critical habitat issue could decide the fate of the Salt ...

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 ...

Tiger beetles sprint so quickly they momentarily outrun their own vision! Tiger beetles are lightning-fast hunters, sprinting so quickly they momentarily outrun their own vision. Watch how these tiny ...