In total, there are 3,200 species of water scavenger beetles belonging to the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles have previously been known to use tiny hairs lining their abdomens and legs to trap ...

Scientists observed a beetle walking upside-down on the undersurface of a pool of water. How does this beetle walk this way? And why? Video by John Gould.Credit... Supported by By Sabrina Imbler After ...

Beetles can survive their entire lives without drinking any liquid water whatsoever. Instead, they suck water from the air with their rear ends. Insect pests eat their way through thousands of tons of ...

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 ...

Being quite small, insects can have a very different relationship with the water-air interface than larger animals do. Surface tension allows for insects like water striders to skate along the top of ...

A pair of researchers from the University of Newcastle and the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research has documented a water scavenger beetle walking on the undersurface of a body of ...

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 ...

A biologist in Australia stumbled upon an aquatic beetle walking along on the underside of water’s surface and managed to capture it on video. Although it’s commonplace to see insects walk across the ...