No, fireflies/lightning bugs aren't going extinct, but their populations are declining, specifically in highly ...

"Extinct & Endangered," a new book by British photographer Levon Biss and the American Museum of Natural History features heavily magnified photographs of 40 species of insects that are either ...

For many people across the U.S., fireflies (or lightning bugs, depending on where you live) are one of the most cherished insects, with their beautiful flickering light displays on summer evenings ...

Photographer Levon Biss's project Extinct and Endangered: Insects in peril combines thousands of shots of insect specimens to create these startlingly clear images ...

The names are used interchangeably to describe insects from the Lampyridae family ... “I would say fireflies are threatened due to habitat loss, but they are not going extinct, some are adapting in ...

How Are Extinct Insects Made Official? Declaring an insect extinct comes with it a healthy dose of uncertainty. It’s much easier to know that there are no more Tazmanian tigers than to be sure we ...

Distribution and habitat of endangered American burying beetle in northern and southern regions. Journal of Insect Conservation. Vol. 21, February 2017, p. 75. doi: 10.1007/s10841-017-9955-5.

Beetle mating pairs work together to strip the carcass of fur or feathers, cover it in body fluids, and bury it to feed their larvae. Adults also feed on fly eggs and larvae, helping to keep fly ...

Two new populations of the UK’s largest and rarest beetles have been discovered on Dartmoor in Devon, less than 30 years after it was thought to be extinct in Britain. The blue ground beetle ...

More than 450 species of lady beetles — also commonly called ladybugs — exist across North America. In Vermont, 45 species have been identified, including 36 native species, but 12 have been ...

A rare beetle might be extinct in England after a survey failed to confirm any sightings, a charity said. Conservation ...

Invertebrates are creatures without a backbone — like insects, worms, snails, arachnids, freshwater crayfish and mussels — and make up 95 per cent of the animal world. Scientists say more than ...