Beetle

Leptodirus hochenwartii, the world's first ever documented cave beetle, whose discovery in Postojna Cave in 1831 would pave the way for a new field of biology, has obtained a special place at the Slovenian Museum of Natural History in the form of a giant scale model.

Researchers have developed a tiny wireless camera that is light enough to be carried by live beetles

New insect species that started to appear lately in fields and agricultural lands and new invasive species might be seen in Turkey, an expert has warned.

Hasan Sevgili from Ordu University said that the invasion of desert grasshoppers, which has spread from Africa to the Turkish-Iraq-Iran border in recent years, may be a harbinger of climate change.

The number of insect-eating birds, such as beetles and caterpillars, has declined significantly in Europe over the past 25 years, according to a German study.
 
A 13% reduction in the number of insect-eating birds in Europe between 1990 and 2015 was registered.
 
The decline reflects a trend associated with a decline in the insect population.

A rare stag beetle species that is on sale in various countries for thousands of dollars has been found for the first time in a western Turkish province, local media reported on July 3. 

A new hydroelectric plant project on the Black Sea coast has this time managed to upset not only environmentalists and locals, but also hippy souls from the 1960s - staunch fans of Volkswagen’s legendary beetle cars