Tiny worms use static electricity to launch and stick to flying insects - scientists reveal how the trick works.

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

The world’s fastest ant can run at almost a metre per second, covering more than 100 times its own body length in that time. The Saharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) has one of the most extreme ...

A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...

Scientists have recorded the speed of the world’s fastest ant, which lives in the Sahara and is able to travel 108 times its own body length per second. Harald Wolf, a professor at the University of ...

Dongwei Yuan, Shun Zhou, Suning Liu, Kang Li, Haigang Zhao, Shihui Long, Hanhan Liu, Yongfang Xie, Yunlin Su, Fengwei Yu, Sheng Li Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States ...

Finding rare creatures often takes patience and sharp eyes. In Queensland’s rainforests, two scientists recently spotted something remarkable high in the canopy. It turned out to be a stick insect ...