“It [the beetle] could be used in search-and-rescue missions as it could go into small nooks and crevices in a collapsed ...

Beetles fitted with tiny, removable microchip backpacks could one day be deployed to locate survivors trapped under rubble.

Electronic backpacks allow University of Queensland researchers to control the movements of beetles and roaches, while harnessing their natural agility in difficult terrain.

Beetles are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, accounting for nearly a quarter of all known animal species. Australia is thought to be home to a whooping 30,000 beetle species, and they ...

The WA government will stop trying to eradicate an invasive beetle called the polyphagous shot-hole borer and start managing ...

Thousands of South Australia's trees and some crops will be threatened if a tiny beetle makes its way across the state border ...

Fitzgerald said the latest research - showing how beetles could be guided to move side-to-side and up vertical walls - was a ...

Beetles are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, accounting for nearly a quarter of all known animal species. Australia is thought to be home to a whooping 30,000 beetle species, and they ...

Australia is thought to be home to a whooping 30,000 beetle species, and they are crucial to keeping our ecosystems healthy. Beetles can be distinguished from other insects by their hard, shell ...