But while monitoring one pond at night, Valdez saw about 12 adult diving beetles surround a tadpole and quickly pull it apart. “I was shocked at how viciously and quickly these beetles took down ...

ABOVE: Diving beetle eggs (circled in red) laid on frog spawn hatch within hours of the emergence of the tadpoles the beetle larvae feed on. JOHN GOULD. The paper. J. Gould et al., “Diving beetle ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Once the grass frogs of Predjama have successfully mated, it will take two weeks for the tadpoles to emerge. But a threat still abounds, in the ...

During six years of sampling, the researchers recorded 69 diving beetle species, representing 70% of all known species in the Uusimaa region. Ponds became more distinct from themselves year by year.

The front foot of a diving beetle is about 2 millimeters across, or roughly 25 times the width of a human hair. Its hind leg is about 1.5 millimeters long, or roughly 20 times the width of a human ...

Drawing inspiration from nature, a team of international scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle. This tool collects and monitors ...

A diving beetle demonstrating various adaptations to the life underground, including depigmentation and evolutionary loss of eyes, was discovered in the cave Soprador do Carvalho, Portugal. This ...

A diving beetle demonstrating various adaptations to the life underground, including depigmentation and evolutionary loss of eyes, was discovered in the cave Soprador do Carvalho, Portugal. This ...

The Edwards Aquifer diving beetle lives in Hays and Comal counties, and it was not added to the list of endangered species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.