2015-08-11 11.31.12 - Close-up.jpg Male stag beetles use their mandibles to wrestle over mates. The larvae are important in the recycling of nutrients in decaying trees. (Clay Wollney) Since they ...

A stag beetle is a superficially intimidating insect. It tapes out at about an inch and a half, and that’s not counting the impressive mandibles. The latter are what people notice first. A male stag ...

Appearance: Black or dark brown. Instead of its hard casing being as smooth as a polished car hood – like many beetle species – S. rugosum's body is covered with bumps, giving it a rugose appearance, ...

New research revealed roles for genes responsible for insect limb formation in the development of stag beetle mouthparts. Different genes were shown to control mandible size and generation of inner ...

These male stag beetles have developed some impressive mandibles (mouthparts) to win mates. Male stag beetles will battle it out with other males to demonstrate who is the largest and strongest and ...

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Scientists have built a gene expression database of a stag beetle and identified genes important for sex determination and differentiation. Scientists have built a gene expression database of a stag ...

Getting ready for bed the other night, the kitties went nuts! The noise of a small helicopter was clattering on the porch as something kept hitting the patio door! Always curious, I looked out to see ...

Beetles are some of the most diverse animals in the world, with around 400,000 known species living in a wide variety of habitats. They are famed for their particularly hard exoskeleton and powerful ...