Tiger beetles are, as the name implies, beetles, and beetles are insects, and like other members of this group, they have three body parts: the head, the thorax and the abdomen.

Adult tiger beetles have long sickle-shaped mandibles, large eyes, a head that is wider than its thorax and long running legs.

Conservationists have celebrated breeding one of England's rarest insects in captivity for the first time. The Species ...

And because tiger moths are toxic to bats, that left Gough with a hypothesis. "It's likely," he says, "that these tiger beetles are producing the [ultra]sound to sound like other similar moths." ...

One of England’s rarest insects has been successfully bred in captivity. Two adult Heath Tiger Beetles have emerged at ...

But tiger beetles take things a step further. When they hear a bat nearby, they respond with their own ultrasonic signal, and for the past 30 years, no one has known why. "It's such a foreign idea ...

The researchers collected 19 tiger beetle species from southern Arizona and brought them into the lab. They tethered the insects to a metal rod and prompted them to fly.

Tiger beetles generate "anti bat-sonar" to prevent echolocating bats from eating them, scientists say. An experiment suggests the beetles mimic sounds created by poisonous insects that bats avoid.

A new tiger beetle species was discovered in Houston, Texas, researchers say. In the urban sprawl of Houston lived a tiny creature that fascinated Texas researchers.

Tulare Lake in California’s Central Valley came back to life after major rains in 2023. The San Joaquin tiger beetle is native to the alkali meadows that once formed at its northeastern edge.