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.

Conservationists have celebrated breeding one of England's rarest insects in captivity for the first time. The Species Recovery Trust led the project to successfully breed the endangered heath tiger ...

The fastest tiger beetle, Cicindela hudsoni, can run at a speed of about 2.5 m/s (or about 125 body lengths per second in tiger beetle terms). Scaling that speed up for a 6-foot person, that’s ...

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

In 2001, a committee of landowners, scientists, developers and city staff created to discuss how to protect the tiger beetle recommended a range of buffer zones from 100 feet to a quarter mile.

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.

HOUSTON — A research team at Rice University is buzzing with excitement over a bug. Evolutionary biologist Scott Egan and his team recently unearthed a new species of tiger beetle. They're ...

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 ...

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.

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

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.