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 ...

Blathers' Blabber: Goliath bettles, named after the legendary giant, are among the largest insects in the world. The larvae can weigh four ounces or more. Once mature, they are only half that weight, ...

A giant of the insect world is disappearing at an alarming rate. The Goliath beetle (Goliathus cacicus and Goliathus regius), one of the largest beetles on Earth, is on the brink of extinction, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Professor of Ecology, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous ...

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 ...