For a recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers investigated the odd physics of a ...

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A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

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(Nanowerk News) Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider, developed at Washington State University, are the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be ...

When a fig tree falls in the Panamanian rainforest, it calls an army of strangely shaped insects to war. Known as jousting weevils, these beetles have heads shaped like a knight’s lance, which males ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the 19th century, the German zoologist Christian Bergmann pondered a simple ...

Every part of the swamp, from its largest predator to its smallest insect, contributes to keeping the system in balance. ” — Milton Walker Jr. MARRERO, LA, UNITED ...

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, ...