What's red, black, and hairy all over? A new species of bug discovered in Australia, dubbed by some as a "punk beetle" for its shaggy white locks. A Queensland researcher spotted the fluffy ...

The arrival of the clumsy Christmas beetle - a brightly coloured insect that sneaks into bed sheets, crashes into windows and swarms around streetlights in summer months. "We have in Australia ...

Heatwaves bring sticky afternoons and sleepless nights — but west of Brisbane, they may have also brought "swarms" of ...

The moth or the butterfly? The stick insect or the hoverfly? The beetle or the bee? Can you guess which is the inaugural ABC ...

Natalie Carroll was holidaying on the Indonesian island when she noticed red marks on her left thigh. The TikTokker was ...

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO have used genomic analysis to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of more than 300 darkling beetle species. Darkling beetles belong to ...

Australia's wilderness has once again proven to be a treasure trove of undiscovered species, with the latest find being a small yet remarkable beetle, nicknamed the "punk beetle" due to its ...

south of Melbourne in Australia, to catch a glimpse of what's once-in-a-decade occurrence -- the blooming 'corpse flower'.