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 ...

Scientists have discovered how the bombardier beetle packs a machine gun into its rear end to fire rapid bursts of a searing hot chemical mix at predators. WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered how ...

Researchers show how how the bombardier beetle concocts its deadly explosives and in the process, learn how evolution gave rise to the beetle's remarkable firepower. If you want to see one of the ...

Many beetles secrete foulsmelling or bad-tasting chemicals from their abdomens to ward off predators, but bombardier Many beetles secrete foulsmelling or bad-tasting chemicals from their abdomens to ...

Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle ...

With a hot, mighty blast from the rear, bombardier beetles ward off predators with a harmful spray. And now scientists understand how the insects fire off the harmful fog. Using X-ray imaging, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A species of beetle, that squirts its predators with a high-pressure spray of boiling liquid, could provide the key to significant improvements in aircraft engine design. The bombardier beetle's ...