If you consider body length alone, however, the titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is the longer species. These giant insects may look a bit like a cockroach, but they are a species of longhorn beetle - ...

Known as Wallace's giant bee, the insect is named after the British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace, who described it in 1858. Scientists found several specimens in 1981 on three ...

Britain's largest beetle species has been in "steep decline" across much of Europe but the capital remains a "hotspot", according to the London Wildlife Trust. The beetle, whose males have ...