A huge beetle the size of a hamster has been found in London, amongst a delivery of bananas from Costa Rica in Central America.

Animal experts say the big bug is a male elephant beetle, an endangered species which lives in rainforests. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A rare subspecies of stag beetle found only in the Amanos Mountains of southern Turkey is now threatened with extinction as it is being exploited for sale to beetle enthusiasts in countries like Japan, a local conservationist has warned. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Scientists have named a newly discovered species of beetle, Agaporomorphus colberti, in honor of humorist Stephen Colbert.
One of the outstanding features of the species is the genitalia of the males. “This new species is similar to members of a clade within the genus exemplified by A. knischi…and unique in having similar, extremely complicated male genitalia…” picked by bingo 7 months ago

The VW Beetle's iconic silhouette presented a serious design challenge for LEGO. However, the Beetle is the classic car most requested by LEGO fans, so designer Steen Sig Andersen took three weeks to craft his interpretation of its rounded profile from angular LEGO blocks. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

Optical computers, computers that use light instead of electricity will revolutionize life. Researchers have not been able to create the ideal crystal to manipulate light properly. However a beetle seems to have done it, its back has the crystal structure we have been looking for. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Robots and tiny boats could soon move on water like how beetle larvae do. This new propulsion system is meant for small crafts used for monitoring water quality in oceans and other large bodies of water.

*no, not a Beatles story* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

this beetle's been pimped out with wrought iron picked by Rogue 3 years ago

Engineers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed remote-control beetles that can be used as spies. They aren’t just robots, either. These are cyborgs, real beetles that have implanted electrodes that control their flight muscles. picked by bingo 7 months ago

Beetles first appeared on Earth at the same time as the earliest dinosaurs but turned out to be much better survivors, a new evolutionary study has shown. Today, there are an estimated 350,000 known species of beetle on Earth, and probably several million more yet to be discovered, say scientists. The insects account for about a quarter of all life forms on the planet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Caught on Google Maps. More Google map found goodness here. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

The car has two engines, the production gasoline engine in the front driving the front wheels and the jet engine in the back.

*Excuse the terrible grammar on the site picked by Doggylives 2 months ago

Scans, with an article, of an old VW brochure, that claims "The built-in heater furnished as a standard accessory at no extra cost, can also be regulated to give the exact amount of heat desired." Among other things.

Anyone ever privileged enough to drive a beetle in the winter knows better. picked by barwench 1 year ago

Quite a few pics of VW modifications. I'd drive the lobster car to pick the kids up at school just to watch the 11 year old die of embarrassment. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

A man who claims to have had sex with 1,000 cars has defended his "romantic" feelings towards vehicles.

Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways. Pictures picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Carrying on the time honoured tradition of Mothra, he Japanese have, it would seem, developed a penchant for putting enormous insects in a box to see which will win in a fight.

Taken from Japanese Bug Fights picked by juaner899 2 years ago

The Phone Car is a modified 1975 Volkswagen Beetle made originally to help promote Howard Davis’ telephone company Datel Communications. The car is made to look like a large old phone on wheels. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published in the New Journal of Physics, details an investigation into the structure of the specie’s peculiar protective shell which could aid design of ‘intelligent materials’. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Japanese man has been arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police say. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Most people are content to pimp their rides with chrome spinners and a turbo kit. Not Ron Patrick. He wanted something unique for his 2000 VW Beetle. So he mounted a $270,000, 26,000-rpm, 1,350-horsepower, Navy-surplus helicopter jet turbine in the trunk picked by subobisis 3 years ago

The pine beetle, the size of a grain of rice, has already destroyed British Columbia's forests and devastated the logging industry. Now, the insect threatens to upend the province's push to curb its greenhouse gases. picked by chinook 2 years ago