Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors ...

Beetles fitted with tiny, removable microchip backpacks could one day be deployed to locate survivors trapped under rubble.

Shutterstock / Parikh Mahendra N Natural disasters are often quite dramatic. They result not only in the destruction of ...

Remote-controlled “cyborg beetles” could be used to help discover people trapped in collapsed buildings or mines, research ...

A team from the University of Queensland biorobotics lab have developed a microchip backpack which they attach to the common ...

Electronic backpacks allow University of Queensland researchers to control the movements of beetles and roaches, while harnessing their natural agility in difficult terrain.

Hawaiʻi County, in coordination with Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture, is issuing a 3-month voluntary compliance order for ...

Antennae: Roaches typically have long, thin, whiplike antennae that are much longer than those of most beetles. Movement: Roaches are fast runners and usually scurry away when exposed to light.

Crews are searching for coconut rhinoceros beetle breeding sites in the Kona area, where about two dozen of the invasive ...

Fitzgerald said the latest research - showing how beetles could be guided to move side-to-side and up vertical walls - was a ...

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors ...