The way bugs and birds flap their wings may look effortless, but the dynamics that keep them aloft are dizzyingly complex and ...

A computer model from Cornell University makes it easier to develop stably flying flapping robots.

A carnivorous fruit fly living in bubbling African streams may sound like a fever dream. However, with the help of DNA analysis of a pinned insect from a museum in Zurich, researchers have managed to ...

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...

A yellow band across a wing might look like a simple flourish. In the South American rainforest, it can mean survival.

Giant prehistoric insects, some with two-foot wingspans, once roamed Earth. For years, scientists believed higher oxygen ...

Scientists discovered a 46-million-year-old mosquito fossil in Montana. This ancient insect was perfectly preserved in shale, ...

Scorpions are optimized hunters, whose skills have been honed through millions of years of evolution. An armored exoskeleton, ...

A long-standing assumption about evolution is being challenged by new research showing that vastly different species can rely ...

A bright red splash on a butterfly’s wing is more than a pretty pattern. It is a warning label, honed by millions of years of ...

Butterflies and a moth species reused the same two genes, ivory and optix, to create similar warning colors over millions of ...