Last summer, the city of Socorro was dealing with an unwanted guest - the red flour beetle. The invasive pest, which lives in ...

When the larvae encounter more demanding conditions, such as steep slopes or the need to tunnel into flour, a key food source, they switch tactics by deploying tiny structures called pygopods at the ...

Research from the University of St Andrews could help combat threats to global food security by dealing with flour beetles more effectively ...

Research from the University of St Andrews could help combat threats to global food security by dealing with flour beetles ...

Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing the next generation of antibiotic treatments.  For the past two decades, ...