Bombardier beetles defend themselves by spraying boiling, toxic chemicals up to 212°F at predators. They can survive being eaten and force predators like toads to spit them out. Their explosive spray ...

Animals can defend themselves against their natural enemies in various ways. Well-defended species often share conspicuous body colors with other well-defended or undefended species, forming mimetic ...

Some animals carry chemical weapons that humans have spent decades trying to replicate without success. From beetles that ...

Some insects sting, some bite, and some spray acid bombs out of their nether regions. It's a perfectly tactical defense, and highly effective for the bombardier beetle. From a predator's perspective, ...

As invasive species go, the American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is one of the worst. From their native semi-aquatic habitats of eastern North America, the fast-growing, up to half-foot-long ...

There are around 400,000 species of beetles on Earth, and they are a food source for countless animals. They have had to develop strategies to protect themselves from would-be predators, and one of ...

The new enhanced-video technology has shown how the controlled actions of two chambers located deep in the gland of a certain species of bombardier beetles (Brachinus elongatulus), allows the war-like ...

The bombardier beetle is an inconspicuous insect that ranges much of the world with calm and self-assurance—and for jood reason. When attacked by a ferocious ant, its natural enemy, the bombardier ...

The bombardier beetle is inspiring designers of engines, drug-delivery devices and fire extinguishers to improve spray technologies, writes Andy McIntosh, from Leeds University, and Novid Beheshti, of ...

Animals can defend themselves against their natural enemies in various ways. Well-defended species often share conspicuous body colors with other well-defended or undefended species, forming mimetic ...