A Titan beetle specimen can reach a high and profitable valuation, but only after meeting specific requirements. The Titan beetle, a member of the Cerambycidae family, is difficult to find due to its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2022, a group of researchers purchased a collection of insects from a local Brazil collector. After examining the approximately ...

Lois and Charlie O'Brien spent decades collecting over a million insects, creating a remarkable scientific resource for ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in ...

This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it’s not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths and ...

Inside the largest entomology collection in America, there are insects that are out to fool you. We went backstage at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to comb through the collection of 35 ...

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a reputation that borders on myth, given that it’s rarely seen alive, which is why ...