Tag: beetles

  • Nation & World

    The beetles have landed

    “The Rockefeller Beetles,” a new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, features hundreds of specimens from an exceptional collection that reflects the story of a man whose childhood pursuit grew into a lifelong passion.

    1 minute
    Family Buprestidae, Species Chrysochroa fulminans beetles
  • Nation & World

    A passion for nature, in beetles

    A collection of 150,000 beetle specimens, donated by businessman and longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller, arrives at the Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Wielding chainsaws for science

    A collaboration between the Arnold Arboretum and the U.S. Forest Service has the two organizations, which typically fight tree pests, rearing wood-boring beetles for science.

    5 minutes