Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Living organisms are always part of an ecosystem and are influenced by other living organisms. There are harmful interactions, such as when a parasite deprives its host of important resources, but ...

Just have a look at these creatures. Some of them are very strange-looking, aren't they? These bugs are called insects. Insects come in all different shapes and sizes. They live everywhere and there ...

Researchers are being offered a glimpse of how bees may see flowers in all their ultra-violet (UV) glory. The Floral Reflectance Database (FReD), external was created by researchers at Imperial ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Swarming insects could produce as much atmospheric electric charge as a thunderstorm cloud, possibly influencing weather events and demonstrating a little-recognised link between organisms and ...

Asian hornets are eating hundreds of different insect species in a possible threat to British wildlife. Conservationists have warned that there could be threats to pollinators after a resurgence in ...

Losses of rare insects are well documented, but there is little research on insects as a whole It's known as the windscreen phenomenon. When you stop your car after a drive, there seem to be far fewer ...

Around the world many insect populations are crashing. We know some of key causes of these declines but to better target interventions we need to know which have the biggest impacts. Researchers at ...

As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. It’s common to notice a sudden itch or ...