(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 ...

Discover the top 10 smallest animals in the world, from tiny frogs to miniature mammals, insects, and reptiles, all playing ...

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 ...