The praying mantis is one of the few insects with compound eyes and the ability to perceive 3D space. Engineers are replicating their visual systems to make machines see better. Self-driving cars ...

The tiny creatures in question were lacewing larvae. Although adult lacewings have complex compound eyes, it was mostly known that these juvenile insects used simple eyes known as stemmata.

Cameras inspired by the compound eyes of insects enable an extremely wide field of view without expensive lenses, potentially offering cheap, simple and lightweight visual sensors for navigation ...

16. Male striped horsefly (Tabanus lineola)As well as having massive eyeballs that join at the top of the head, these horsefly males have two different sized ommatidia (the photoreceptor units that ...

Along the southern edge of the United States sits the state of Alabama. While it may be home to over five million people, ...

Tom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the ...

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I have here ignored the compound eyes of insects and many invertebrates, which are composed of numerous separate light-processing structures. They apparently do not form really clear images ...

“Insects create the biological foundation of our ecosystem, in which they play a crucial role,” writes Danke. “They aerate the soil, pollinate blossoms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

Dragonflies are colorful and energetic insects with long bodies and wings. They’re favorites among insect collectors because of their rare, vivid colors. There are more than 5,000 species of ...

Dragonflies are stout and large bodied insects with eyes covering much of their rounded heads. They are strong fliers that hold their wings out straight to the sides while at rest.