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 ...

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.

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.