The nocturnal mating rituals of hairy scarab beetles are helping pollinate one of Perth's most common native trees, in a discovery that highlights the unusual adaptations of Australian plants and the ...

The life of a stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) is short and dramatic. Their mating rituals, as seen in this YouTube video, are more akin to a Shakespearean Tragedy. Males stage a fight to the death, while ...

There are many ways to communicate with prospective romantic partners. If you are a Japanese scarab beetle, it's a matter of distinguishing left from right. New work from U.S. and Chinese scientists, ...

Fighting for love: Male stag beetles engage in violent duels to secure mating rights, using their large mandibles to overpower rivals. Pheromone frenzy: Females release scents attracting multiple ...

Adult males wrestle to gain mating rights with a female. They have specialized, trident-shaped horns growing from their heads and thoraxes. The cephalic horn grows from its head, and two more grow ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating behaviors among insects and arachnids. Stag beetles square off in a wrestling match ...

Some insects have detachable penises, others produce sperm that is 20 times the size of their own body. Others have evolved with special equipment to help them tear rivals off potential mates. Insects ...

Japanese scarab beetles (Popillia japonica) are a significant pest and strictly quarantined outside Japan. Female beetles attract mates with a mating hormone, japonilure, but males only respond to one ...