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6 of the largest insects in the world and fascinating facts about them
Insects are usually small and easy to miss. But some are much bigger than you’d expect. These flying insects don’t scare with ...
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This Gigantic Beetle Sounds Like a Nightmare — but Why?
Why does this gigantic beetle make such a terrifying sound? The Hercules beetle is one of the largest beetle species in the world today. They’re unique compared to many of the beetles you’ll ...
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Stag beetles: Facts about the UK's largest beetle and where to see it
Max Barclay, Senior Curator in Charge of the Museum's beetle collection, says: 'Stag beetles are rare and threatened throughout northern Europe and the populations in the Thames Valley are some of the ...
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Weighing Almost Six Pounds, Australian ‘Toadzilla’ Breaks Records For The Largest Toad On Earth
In the 1930s, the Australian government introduced the poisonous cane toad from South and Central America in hopes it would ...
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World’s largest insect, Africa’s giant Goliath beetle, faces extinction
He explains what has gone wrong and how the Goliath beetle could be saved. What is the Goliath beetle and why is it so important? The Goliath beetles (genus Goliathus) are among the world’s ...
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World’s largest bee, once presumed extinct, filmed alive in the wild
The world’s largest bee may also be the planet’s most ... has large mandibles that almost look like those of a stag beetle. It uses them to scrape sticky resin off trees to build burrows ...