Adult males wrestle to gain mating rights with a female. They have specialized, trident-shaped horns growing from their heads and thoraxes. The cephalic horn grows from its head, and two more grow ...

Like the fabled Greek god Atlas, who held the world on his shoulders, this so-called Atlas beetle is strong enough to lift over 850 times its body weight. This is an Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas).

It's not as if they're hiding from you: Ladybugs (more accurately, "lady beetles") are among the insect world's most flamboyant fashionistas. But a dozen native species have disappeared over the past ...