Why does this gigantic beetle sound like a jackhammer? Learn all about the incredible Hercules beetle in our short recap.

We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the ...

More than half of its length comes from exceptionally long, plier-like horns. These are used in battle against other males for access to females. Hercules beetles are found from southern Mexico to ...

Pupation lasts a month. The adult overwinters, then emerges in the spring. The beetles will then feed on sap. This species is a member of the family Cerambycidae - the longhorn beetles, characterised ...

Large horns grow for the sake of competing for mates. Despite its admittedly frightening appearance, the Hercules beetle subsists on a diet of fruits. Larvae eat rotting wood pulp. Interestingly ...