Beetles are creatures with built-in body armor. They are tiny tanks covered with hard shells, also known as exoskeletons, protecting their soft, skeleton-less bodies inside. In addition to providing ...

Fossils tend to offer a black-and-white view of the past, but new research on prehistoric beetles brings the insects' flashy metallic colors back to vivid life. The findings, published in the journal ...

Beetles display a wide range of colors, from deep muted tones to those that shift from green to purple or yellow as they ...

Remarkably preserved beetles dug up from fossil pits in Europe and the United States have given scientists the most accurate picture to date of the colors that adorned their exoskeletons 15 to ...

(Nanowerk News) "Extreme scarcity conditions have enabled natural materials to evolve into some of the most extraordinary materials on Earth, such as incredibly strong spider silk and impact-resistant ...