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 ...

They also collected Japanese common toads, which are natural bombardier beetle predators, and Japanese stream toads, whose habitat does not overlap with the insect. Sugiura and Sato hypothesized ...

From 12-year-old boys, apparently. There is, though, a remarkable real-life version of the bonnacon: the bombardier beetle. While it doesn’t weaponize its dung per se, it has evolved a cannon in ...

"There are at least four major sub-families of beetles that produce the same kinds of compounds. The bombardier isn’t some weird, unique thing." In other words, the next time you see a beetle, be ...

The streaked bombardier beetle is officially the UK's rarest insect ... and the rubble-strewn habitat it has found congenial is to be obliterated. In an attempt to save the beetle, the developers ...

Without them, bombardier beetles are walking feasts. As the two insects share a natural habitat in Japan, it's possible that these predator-prey interactions occur every day in the wild. Then again, ...

This is 100 percent true, you can look it up. In the case of the bombardier beetles, between 35 and 57 percent of the toads threw up within 50 minutes on average, ensuring the survival of the ...