In a video taken by ecologist Shinji Sugiura, a tiny aquatic beetle known as Regimbartia attenuata pulls off a death-defying feat to rival Houdini. First, a frog snags the beetle and gulps it down ...

It’s a new kind of dung beetle. Beetles have an unorthodox way to escape frogs after getting eaten — by ducking out the back door, according to a Japanese study published in the journal Current ...

Researchers in Japan say in new study the aquatic beetle regimbartia attenuata actively stimulates the gut of the frog pelophylax nigromaculatus after being eaten in order to facilitate its escape ...

It’s a familiar story: Predator hunts prey. Predator catches prey. Predator gulps down prey. Usually, that’s it. But the water scavenger beetle Regimbartia attenuata says, “Not today.” After getting ...

Inspiration can come from the most unlikely places, as fantasy author Ursula Vernon, aka T. Kingfisher, clearly knows. Vernon won the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel this past weekend for her dark ...

For most insects, the sticky, slingshot ride straight into a frog’s mouth spells the end. But not for one stubborn water beetle. Instead of succumbing to the frog’s digestive juices, an eaten ...

In the normal course of things, beetles will generally stick to eating insects, worms, and any dead meat it happens to come across. But if conditions are right, one species will kill and devour frogs ...

When frogs and toads see Epomis beetle larvae waggling their antennae and jiggling their jaws, they must think, "Aha! Easy meal." Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...