A small beetle has captured attention for patterns on its shell that resemble ancient handwriting. These insects, known as calligraphy beetles (Calligrapha species), feature intricate black lines and ...

Jeweled beetles’ resplendent shells have physicists green with envy. Intricate arrangements of cells on the beetles’ outer layers manipulate light in a special way, a study published online July 23 in ...

Scientists now know how the iridescent green scarab beetle‘s shell get its iridescent hue: A molecular arrangement that reflects light, with the reflected light’s magnetic field oriented like a ...

A structure much like a liquid crystal allows the shell of a scarab beetle to circularly polarize light, scientists in the US have discovered. Mohan Srinivasarao of the Georgia Institute of Technology ...

It’s a beetle that can withstand bird pecks, animal stomps and even being rolled over by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the bug’s crush-resistant shell could teach them about ...

An obscure species of beetle has shown how brilliant white paper could be produced in a completely new way. A team from Imerys Minerals Ltd. and the University of Exeter has taken inspiration from the ...

Rerouting warm engine air and pumping ice-melting chemicals onto the wings are a couple of ways to keep aircraft surfaces free of frost during flight, but researchers are looking for a more efficient ...

New research has found that the vivid and colourful iridescence of beetles actually works as a form of disruptive camouflage. Experiments proved that, counterintuitively, iridescence does make beetles ...

A research team led by the University of Exeter believes an obscure species of beetle could teach industry how to produce brilliant white ultra-thin materials. An obscure species of beetle could teach ...

Artist and naturalist Abbott Handerson Thayer became known as the “father of camouflage” with the publication in 1909 of a book on coloration in animals. He was particularly fascinated by the ...