Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

LIFE CYCLE: American burying beetles live for about a year. FEEDING: Burying beetles eat carrion, as well as the larvae and eggs of flies. THREATS: This beetle is seriously threatened by habitat loss ...

The American burying beetle is among the very few insects who care for their young. The largest carrion beetle in North America, it’s named for its unique reproductive behavior of burying vertebrate ...