There is no need for scarab beetles to devour flesh or move swiftly ... and were soon made in faience and steatite, with ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

If so, you've had an encounter with the larva of a scarab beetle (family: Scarabaeidae) also known as a "curl grub". Many gardeners worry these large larvae might damage plants. Curl grubs turn ...

For no more than 30 minutes an evening, Andrew's dune scarab beetles emerge from the sands of the Algodones Dunes in southeastern California. In the fading twilight, between February and May, they ...

According to entomologist Yves Cambefort in his essay “Beetles as Religious Symbols,” the scarab, so reasoned the Egyptians, rolls the turd along and disappears it, just as the sun emerges and ...