A diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand the crushing force of 39,000 times its own body weight. Purdue University/Erin Easterling The diabolical ironclad is not a notorious Civil War-era battleship ...

If ever there were an insect deserving of superhero status, it’d be the diabolical ironclad beetle. Native to Southern California desert habitats, this beetle looks a bit like a rock, and its ability ...

Nature is full of lessons for curious engineers. Consider the diabolical ironclad beetle or Phloeodes diabolicus. It's jet-black, about an inch long. And it can't fly, so it's incredibly tough instead ...

The species — aptly named diabolical ironclad beetle — owes its might to an unusual armor that is layered and pieced together like a jigsaw, according to the study by Zavattieri and his colleagues ...

Scientists are not always great at naming things. Amazingly, you can often pick up on this fact even if you don't speak Latin. Consider the joys of studying the moth Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis, ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a beetle. The U.S. Air Force is funding an $8 million project allowing scientists to look into whether the diabolical ironclad beetle’s crush-resistant shell or elytra ...

The diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand being run over by a car. Now scientists have figured out what makes its exoskeleton so tough — and... Study Of Diabolical Ironclad Beetle's Exoskeleton ...

So how does the seemingly indestructible insect do it? The species — aptly named diabolical ironclad beetle — owes its might to an unusual armor that is layered and pieced together like a jigsaw, ...