Insect wings, however, have no muscles or nerves. They are instead controlled by muscles located inside the body that operate a system of marionette-like pulleys within a complex hinge at the base ...

The giant water bug looks like a hybrid cockroach and praying mantis. It has a brown, flat body with clear, lacy wings that harden at the base. The insect’s most distinctive features are two ...

A handful of new studies moves the needle toward a consensus on the long-disputed question of whether insect wings evolved from legs or from the body wall, but the devil is in the details. Jef Akst ...

If you look closely at any insect, they all have six legs. Insects also have wings which some of them use to fly with. Look at this pretty butterfly flapping its wings and flying along.

An insect is a small creature with three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and three pairs of legs. Many have wings. Most of them undergo complete changes of shape during their lifecycles.

The research appears today in Science Robotics. Prior versions of the robotic insect were composed of four identical units, each with two wings, combined into a rectangular device about the size ...

EPFL researchers have designed flexible, batlike wings that boost lift and improve flight performance. This innovation could ...