A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

High-speed X-ray video reveals how bombardier beetles control their toxic sprays.

The disproportionately endowed carabid beetle reveals that the size of female—and not just male—genitalia influences insemination success.

Shortly after demonstrating dung beetles’ ability to navigate by the stars, researchers in Sweden provide evidence that the insects can also use the sun to find their way.

Researchers who studied stargazing dung beetles, opera-loving mice are among recipients of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes.

Biology students discover a new species of beetle in the giant city of Manila.

Death breeds life in the world’s most diverse and abundant group of animals.

Fifteen to 47-million-year-old fossil beetles have retained their structural colors almost intact.

Earlier this month (August 13-14) thousands of children and bug-loving adults descended on the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, where all manner of insect—dead, alive, and deep fried—were on display to be looked at, touched and, yes...eaten.

Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences was crawling with bugs, and The Scientist went down to join in the fun.