University goes a little buggy with Beetle Science.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)

From: The Washington Times | Date: July 10, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Joseph Szadkowski, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Readers may be astounded to learn that one out of every five species of living things is a beetle. According to the

Coleopterists Society, an international group of scientists devoted to the study of these creepy-crawlies, we are living in the "age of beetles."

Hoping to reveal a bit about the order Coleoptera, Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., has dedicated part of its Web-based multimedia magazin...

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