Nature is full of amazing adaptations, some of which are almost difficult to imagine. One such example is that of the darkling beetle. These beetles live in harsh, arid deserts, making it difficult to ...

Access to clean drinking water remains one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century. From rural communities with no infrastructure to urban areas facing contamination issues, ...

Because of their small size, water beetles might have been kicked around since they were born — but thanks to abnormal survival strategies, they're "stayin' alive" after predators eat them. Meet the ...

A new book uncovers the extraordinary secrets of fog-harvesting beetles in the Namib desert and other insects changing our world Erica McAlister and Adrian Washbourne Sand dunes in Namib Desert, ...

Imagine if Tony Stark went bug-watching instead of inventing in the lab. While we’re working on complex machines, beetles have been solving survival challenges for millions of years. The darkling ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Imagine this: A tiny, fast switch that uses water droplets to create adhesive bonds almost as strong as aluminum by borrowing a mechanism found in palm beetles. The new beetle-inspired ...