Beetles produce a lubricant that’s more slippery than Teflon
It could be useful for small-scale robots and prosthetics
Tag: beetle
Researchers discover a new species of ancient beetle inside fossilized poop
Well, that's one way to last forever, I guess.
Researchers map the anatomy of the ‘mysteriously-shaped’ beetle
In the end, it didn’t live up to the name!
Researchers build the first wireless camera that fits on a beetle
The camera needs to be extremely light so an insect can carry it.
Volcano-dwelling beetle inspires new ‘passive cooling’ material
It helps disperse heat and reflect sunlight.
Beetle trapped in amber pushes back insect pollination by 50 million years
This is the earliest known physical evidence of insect pollination.
Scientists discover and name 103 beetles — all new to science
Some were named after Star Wars characters or Asterix & Obelix.
Parasitic beetles trick sex-hungry bees by mimicking their pheromones
This master of deception adapts its pheromones to the local bee species, and it's deadly effective!
Scientists invent ultra-white coating inspired by beetle scales
It's 20 times whiter than paper.
Without tree husks to house them, Europe’s beetles are dying out
Sometimes not tidying up can be a good thing.
Dung beetle uses poop ball cargo as air conditioning
The dung beetle is an extreme survivor. Not only does it feed on poop, but it also fashions a hefty ...
Beetle species could be listed as threatened
It's not only tigers, corals and other known and liked animals that are close to extinction: beetles have it rough ...
Papuan weevils have screw-in legs
Long before humans were even thinking about developing the nut and bolt mechanism for screwing one thing to another, mother ...