But it's what we would consider a fog desert, a place where fog is the main water source for plant and animal life, like the Namib Desert beetle. At first glance, this group of beetles would seem ...

Dyson Award Winner: A Gadget Draws Water From Air, Inspired By A Beetle An example of biomimicry, Edward Linnacre's Airdrop harvests moisture from "dry" air to water crops in arid regions.

Here are some examples. The fogstand beetle lives in the Namib Desert, where the average rainfall is 14mm a year and survives by drinking the mist condensing on its wing cases. Gold and silver ...

A tenebrionid beetle scuttled shiny black on the red sand ... All the pieces were in place for what may eventually be designated Namib-Skeleton Coast National Park—a single coastal megapark.

Beetles in Africa's Namib Desert collect water from fog on their shells, a phenomenon that has intrigued researchers for years. The insects feature hydrophilic bumps that accumulate moisture from ...