Winter isn’t the ideal season for pruning trees in Upstate New York, but it’s the best time to cut scion or twigs from ash trees in parts of the state where the species has been all but wiped out.

Beetles display a wide range of colors, from deep muted tones to those that shift from green to purple or yellow as they ...

A beetle that has been neither here, there nor everywhere since 1966 has been rediscovered after more than half a century. KIP WILL: This one, when I pulled it out, I said, well, that doesn't look ...

PHOENIX — A national nonprofit conservation group is pursuing federal protections for a rare beetle only found in southeastern Arizona. The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to the ...

A fascinating close-up reveals why this rare beetle only appears once a year and why scientists fear its disappearance could happen sooner than expected.

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Willcox Playa tiger beetle under the Endangered Species Act. The rare tiger beetle ...

The Fensfeltet treasure has an estimated 8.8 million tonnes of rare earths Rare Earth Norway has taken core samples to get an idea of the underground riches The local council is trying to find an ...

Beetles chewed holes in hundreds of books at Israel's national library but spared the rare and precious examples -- including the letters of Albert Einstein. The insect, the anobium punctatum, was ...