By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...

This rediscovery is big. Until now, the species had only ever been recorded vaguely in Mpumalanga, the KZN Midlands, and the ...

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

While much insight has been gleaned from how grasshoppers hop, their gliding prowess has mostly been overlooked. Now ...

A collaboration between Princeton University engineers and entomologists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign began ...

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

The spiny leaf insect mother not only abandons her eggs, she's also figured out how to trick someone else into protecting and ...

Grasshopper’s gangly, awkward flight could solve the biggest power problems in robotics. Standard micro-bots are modeled ...

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire ...

We have some fancy names for certain styles of foods such as charcuterie for a tray of appetizers and etouffee for shrimp ...

Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...