The House of Representatives has passed on second reading a bill to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle. House Bill 643 ...

This historic grove and coconuts throughout Hawaii are at risk from the coconut rhinoceros beetle. Photo courtesy Forest and Kim Starr Would-be weavers spilled out of the shade under an open-sided ...

At 2 1/2 inches long, coconut rhinoceros beetles are nocturnal and can fly up to 2 miles, spending most of their lives hidden high in the tops of coconuts. — CRB Response photo A large ...

Taylor Piephoff, the Observer’s birding columnist, came across a winged creature so mighty it’s known as the rhinoceros of the beetle world. Piephoff photographed an eastern Hercules beetle at ...