Analysis - The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable ...

Many species have evolved ingenious mechanisms to be able to improbably survive in the harshest conditions in the world. One company has taken inspiration from one of those species — the Namibian ...

MELBOURNE -- The invention of “Airdrop”, a low-tech, atmospheric water-harvesting device, was inspired by a study of the Namibian beetle, an indigenous species that can be found in one of the driest ...

When the moist air arrives, the tiny Namibian beetle lifts its wings to the sky. On the underside, a series of bumps attract and capture the water. The tips of each bump are fashioned from a substance ...

The San peoples of Namibia fortified their weapons’ lethality by collecting beetle poison, preparing it, and adding it to the tip of their arrows. This was the discovery in a comprehensive study of ...