ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A literal bug-eyed Goliath is bringing the post-Halloween spooks to its second home at the ABQ BioPark’s BUGarium. Goliath beetles grow to be around the size of a grown man’s fist.

Nature watcher Candace Savage introduces a friend with a strange obsession. John Acorn is fascinated with goliath beetles. Candace Savage is the author of Birds Brains and several other books about ...

Beetles are some of the most diverse animals in the world, with around 400,000 known species living in a wide variety of habitats. They are famed for their particularly hard exoskeleton and powerful ...