Newly discovered beetle has a penis shaped like a bottle opener

A newly discovered beetle gets its name from the beer Carlsberg, thanks to its distinctly shaped penis that resembles a bottle opener.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Nov. 13, 2023 ~6 min

How beetles use their butts to suck water from the air

Beetles can survive their entire lives without drinking liquid water. New research gets to the bottom of how they use their butts to do it.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
March 22, 2023 ~7 min


Dung beetle mothers protect their offspring from a warming world by digging deeper

Everyone is feeling the heat these days – even species that develop underground.

Kimberly S. Sheldon, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Nov. 9, 2022 ~9 min

Tiny beetles had a taste for coconuts 60 million years ago

After a bunch of detective work, researchers have found the culprits behind holes bored into a fossilized coconut from 60 million years ago: Beetles.

Matthew Carroll-Penn State • futurity
April 29, 2022 ~5 min

Flesh-eating bugs: new research shows how carrion beetles turn death into life

Carrion beetles help stabilise the biology of the soil they live in.

Tancredi Caruso, Associate Professor, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin • conversation
June 22, 2021 ~23 min

New beetle species get classic sci-fi names

Ripley. Katniss. Uhura. They're not just science fiction heroes. Now several new species of beetles share their names along with other legendary characters.

Michigan State • futurity
June 21, 2021 ~11 min

Making beetles pee themselves to death may be new pest control

Instead of using pesticides that damage the environment and human health to control beetles, new research points to getting the little pests to pee.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
April 19, 2021 ~6 min

Tiny beetle fossil reveals how insects greeted Earth's earliest flowers

Preserved in amber, a tiny beetle has shed light on the moment the world first burst into bloom.

Chenyang Cai, Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol • conversation
April 15, 2021 ~7 min


Beetle parents manipulate information broadcast from bacteria in a rotting corpse

If you think only humans engage in disinformation, think again. Here is a stunning example of a beetle manipulating the odors emitted from a rotting corpse to keep it hidden from competitors.

Stephen Trumbo, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut • conversation
Jan. 26, 2021 ~9 min

New Findings: Beetle Uses 'Gut Goop' to Protect Its Food

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 24, 2021 ~4 min

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