The unfortunately named Hitler Beetle (Anophthalmus hitleri) – a rare, sightless species discovered back in ‘33 – is being driven to extinction by Neo-Nazi collectors.
Despite its tiny size, the polyphagous shot hole borer should not be underestimated. Across the Western Cape, it’s destroying indigenous and endemic trees.
Researchers have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can be fitted to an insect – in this case, a beetle – which then streams video to a smartphone.
In 1964, the people of South America geared up for the arrival of The Beatles. Instead, they got The Beetles, a knockoff band from America.
They may seem to be simple beasts, rolling turd into balls as part of nature’s waste disposal unit, but the humble dung beetle is one crafty creature.