Robots helped achieve a major breakthrough in our understanding of how insect flight evolved. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists and biophysicists. Robots built ...

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.

The structure of fibrillar flight muscle / D.E. Ashhurst and M.J. Cullen -- Extraction, purification, and localization of [alpha]-actinin from asynchronous insect flight muscle / D.E. Goll [and others ...

Mosquitoes are some of the fastest-flying insects. Flapping their wings more than 800 times a second, they achieve their speed because the muscles in their wings can flap faster than their nervous ...

About 350 million years ago, our planet witnessed the evolution of the first flying creatures. They are still around, and some of them continue to annoy us with their buzzing. While scientists have ...

Falconry, winter bird migration on the NC coast, slo-mo insect flight and fly-fishing. Explore the ancient sport of falconry, and watch tens of thousands of migratory birds that winter on the NC coast ...

An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to ...

For a moment, let's follow a moth on its nocturnal flight: As it flies through a garden, it passes lit windows, dips under a shady tree and crosses a road illuminated by streetlights and the bright ...

In a remarkable scientific achievement, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the intricate biomechanics of insect wings, with a particular focus on the wing hinge mechanism of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Insect Flight Simulator VR This is a casual VR game that simulates insect flights, which immersed players in the beautiful world of insects. In the game, ...