An indicator of ecological health of Southern California’s desert landscapes may lie in a beetle smaller than your pinky finger. The Casey’s June beetle not only plays a crucial role in the ecosystem ...

The public will get one last chance to comment on how much critical habitat is needed to ensure the survival of the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle, one of the rarest insects in the world. The U.S.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to push the agency to protect endangered Miami tiger beetles by designating lifesaving critical habitat. The ...

* The beetles will cost transportation and public works operations an additional $850,000 to $922,000 — mostly because of changes in construction and bridge maintenance. The Lincoln Electric System ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web — ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ...

A $448,000 study begins next month looking at the impact of mountain pine beetle infestation on elk habitat and herd movement in the Elkhorn Mountains, north of Boulder. The project entails collaring ...

Increasing intensity of land use by humans has led to loss of natural habitats, resulting in isolation of remaining habitat fragments. Using a pine-bark beetle ecosystem as a model, we tested the ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it is proposing the Miami tiger beetle, once considered extinct, for protection as an endangered species. If the proposal, expected to publish ...

When southern Rocky Mountain forests are viewed from a distance these days, it may not look like much is left. Large swaths of dead, standing Engelmann spruce trees tell the tale of a severe regional ...

Researchers found significant increases in floral abundance and wild bee diversity in outbreak-affected forests, compared to similar, undisturbed forest. When southern Rocky Mountain forests are ...