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Beetles

A glittering beetle, with colors ranging from orange to purple to green. It had one large backwards facing horn on its head, and two ridges on its back.

All About Dung Beetles and Why They Matter

16. October 2025

First grader's crayon drawing of endangered tiger beetles

Stratford Elementary's First Graders Take a Stand for Tiger Beetles

27. February 2024

American burying beetle in soil

This Beetle Buries the Dead

26. October 2023

A close up of a firefly. The firefly is mostly black, with some red patches behind its head and pale brown edges to its shell. It is standing on a narrow green leaf as it flashes its green light.

World Firefly Day: Watch Us, Don’t Catch Us!

26. June 2021

In daylight, most fireflies don't look so magical. This big dipper firefly is mostly black, with pale brown margins to it's body and a red patch on the top of it's thorax.

Shedding Light on Firefly Natural History and Distributions through Community Science

4. May 2021

A female firefly flashes from her perch on the tip of a curving twig

A female firefly flashes from her perch on the tip of a curving twig

Hope Rising: World Firefly Day

26. June 2020

An orange-and-black striped checkered beetle foraging on yellow flowers

Notes from the Other Orders: Beetles as Pollinators

16. June 2020

Meandering yellow-green streaks weave through a darkening forest with a thick understory of ferns, in this long-exposure shot of fireflies.

Conserving the Jewels of the Night

31. October 2019

People are crouched, planting native species in a new beetle bank in Iowa.

Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – August 2019

26. August 2019

wallingford sand plains

Connecticut’s Sand Plains Need Protection

11. May 2018