Princeton engineers investigated the secret to grasshoppers' efficient gliding, inspiring a new approach for robotic flight.

An insect-inspired flying robot with wings that buzz thanks to a new type of electric 'muscle' has been developed by British scientists. The prototype weighs about 0.01lbs (5g), has a wing span of 5.9 ...

This footage is a 3D reconstruction, made up of several X-ray images, and shows of a blowfly's "flight motor" Scientists from the UK and Switzerland have used very intense X-rays to film inside an ...

Scientists have developed insect-sized robots that can flap their wings to fly. Inspired by bees and other flying insects, the technology means conventional motors and gears are no longer needed to ...

In 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack were watching birds migrate through a Pyrenean mountain pass on the border between France and Spain when they stumbled across something extraordinary – ...

Flying insects have long been thought to be simply attracted to street lamps - but researchers believe the reason is actually because of confusion caused by artificial lights. The invention of ...

The kinds of drones making the headlines daily are the heavily armed CIA and U.S. Army vehicles which routinely strike targets in Pakistan - killing terrorists and innocents alike. But the real ...

From insect superhighways way above our heads to bumblebees hanging out in the highest mountains and even flies in space, just how high can insects go? Show more If you took a fly into a really tall ...

This dastardly looking creature with the same name as one of the planet’s most feared bacterial diseases has been discovered in an English garden. Its arrival is causing a buzz among scientists, not ...

A: The short answer is that these small black bugs in the house that aren’t fruit flies could be a number of different types of insects, from gnats to ants to flies. While gnat bugs are technically a ...

Scientists from the UK and Switzerland have used very intense X-rays to film inside an insect's body as it flies. The resulting footage - a 3D reconstruction made up of several X-ray snapshots - shows ...