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BEETLE NEWS
Five animals that have built-in GPS better than Google Maps
August 15, 2025 5:42 pm
From tiny insects to massive marine animals, nature has equipped certain species with remarkable internal guidance systems
Pune scientist discovers beetle species, helps detect time of death
April 18, 2024 3:35 pm
‘Omorgus (Afromorgus) Moreshwar’, newly discovered Indian beetle
What animals see in the stars, and what they stand to lose
August 03, 2021 6:28 pm
Humans aren’t the only species that navigate by starlight. Animals from birds to dung beetles may do it, too — and might become disoriented as our city lights drown out the heavens.
You won’t believe how this beetle walks on water
July 27, 2021 1:28 pm
The researchers suggest this locomotion style might help the bug avoid being eaten by anything lurking nearby.
What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty
July 15, 2021 3:11 pm
Around the world, 2 billion people in 130 countries eat insects regularly. The global edible insect market is poised to boom, according to investment bank Barclay's, citing data from Meticulous Research that forecasts it will grow from less than USD 1 billion in 2019 to USD 8 billion by 2030.
New beetle species discovered in fossilised poop of dinosaur ancestor
July 06, 2021 3:31 pm
It was over two meters long including a long tail and neck, weighed perhaps between 15 and 20 kilos, and was a slender agile animal.
Two dung eating beetle species discovered from Maharashtra
April 27, 2021 11:23 am
Researchers identified the two species, Bolboceras bopdevense (11.46mm in length) found at Pune's Bopdev ghat and Bolboceras trimbakense (12.39mm in length) traced near Trimbakeshwar in Nashik.
Volkswagen to stop rolling out Beetles: A look back at the iconic car's history
September 14, 2018 2:10 pm
The compact Beetle was introduced in Germany in 1938 during the Nazi era and came to the US 11 years later. It made a journey from a product identified with Adolf Hitler to a symbol of Germany’s rebirth as a democratic, industrial powerhouse after World War Two.
They might not be very big, but the beetles are a tough bunch
May 24, 2015 1:00 am
It’s a world-wide mafiosi: 400,000 species and counting, which account for 40 per cent of the insect world.
Volkswagen launches new Touareg @Rs 58L
September 26, 2012 8:14 pm
Touareg will be available to customers in diesel variant from end of September.
BEETLE PHOTOS
The last Beetle: Eight decades later, Volkswagen rolls off production line
July 11, 2019 10:39 am
Volkswagen Beetle is an example of globalization, sold and recognized all over the world. An emblem of the 1960s counterculture in the United States. Above all, the car remains a landmark in design, as recognizable as the Coca-Cola bottle.
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