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, ...

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 ...

Across deserts, ocean floors, and forest undergrowth, a handful of animals have evolved defenses so extreme they strain belief. Bombardier beetles detonate chemical explosions inside their own bodies.

Researchers used intense X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source, located at Argonne National Laboratory, to study how the bombardier beetle sprays hot, caustic chemicals from two rear glands when ...

For most prey, the game is over once they have been swallowed. But one species of beetle can escape from a toad’s stomach nearly two hours after being eaten, according to a new study. Found in wooded ...

The bombardier beetle, known scientifically as Brachinus, is a dark brown to black beetle with reddish-orange legs and head. The beetles are small in size, roughly half an inch to one inch in length.

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