One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...

We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the amount of forest destroyed for cocoa farming. Goliathus regius has ...

Cocoa farming in West Africa is endangering Goliath beetles, which are crucial to their ecosystem. Deforestation for cocoa plantations in Côte d'Ivoire has led to a significant decline in their ...

Ecologists also see Goliath beetles as environmental indicators—when their numbers decline, it signals severe damage to the ...

the Goliath beetle once thrived in the dense rainforests that now make way for sprawling cocoa plantations. Luca Luiselli, an ecologist who has decades of experience in West African biodiversity ...

Tor, a specialist in ancient amulets and seals, later verified that it was a Canaanite scarab dating back to the Middle ...

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia ...

The destruction of the Goliath beetles’ natural habitats is eroding the delicate balance of the ecosystem that they are critical to maintaining.