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“Look at that bug!” is something most of us have said without a second thought, whether we’re pointing at a beetle, a fly, or a suspicious-looking speck on the windowsill. However, if you’re being ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the ...

There are few people on this earth who, gearhead or not, are unaware of the Volkswagen Beetle. Whether one’s exposure comes from seeing Herbie on television, Vocho cabs in Mexico, or yards of the ...

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified a mitigation option after the discovery of an American Burying Beetle. The general options are establishing and maintaining their ...