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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 ...

One in five animal species on the planet are beetles, with around 400,000 species officially described but scientists believing there could be as many as 1.5 million different types of these resilient ...

“At first, I just assumed it must have been a bug that had fallen into the water and was swimming across the surface,” Gould told Science News. “But then realized the bug was upside-down and below the ...

A newly discovered species of beetle is being named after the Oscar winner. Vacationing ecotourists, aka citizen scientists, discovered a new species of water beetle in Malaysia and have named it ...

Whenever beetles get thirsty, all they need to do is take a sip of water — through their butts. This unconventional method of quenching their thirst is a way for the insects to stay hydrated, since ...

Water beetles eaten by dark-spotted frogs escape through the amphibians’ digestive tract and use the back door, according to a report in Current Biology. The study, published Monday, claims water ...

Access to clean drinking water remains one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century. From rural communities ...

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 ...

Although it’s commonplace to see insects walk across the surface of a pond or lake, it’s quite a rare sight to see one walking across the underside of a water body’s surface. (Unless, of course, ...

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 ...