Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Securing a top-tier Goliath beetle specimen can cost over a thousand US dollars, even as captive-reared beetles become more common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Goliath beetles (genus Goliathus) are among the world’s biggest insects. There are five different species. They grow up to ...

Nature watcher Candace Savage introduces a friend with a strange obsession. John Acorn is fascinated with goliath beetles. Candace Savage is the author of Birds Brains and several other books about ...

The destruction of the Goliath beetles’ natural habitats is eroding the delicate balance of the ecosystem that they are critical to maintaining. In the heart of Africa’s rich and diverse landscapes, a ...

Humans’ love for chocolate is driving a silent crisis – one that could spell the end of a giant beetle, one of the largest ...

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In ‘The Book of Beetles’ (University of Chicago Press, $55), author Patrice Bouchard showcases 600 species of the creature, including life-size photographs of examples from bright fireflies (a type of ...

The largest insects in the world, Africa’s Goliath beetles, are up against a much bigger behemoth—the cocoa industry. Indiscriminate deforestation for cocoa in West Africa is wiping out their home ...

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, named after the Biblical giant due to their huge size. Along with these insects ...