Turns out fairies do exist—on a microscopic level. Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly: the smallest insect on Earth! Learn all ...

(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 ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — 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 ...

An international team of researchers describes in detail the mechanisms of the extraordinarily fast flight of the smallest free-living insects, beetles of the featherwing family (Ptiliidae). The team ...

According to the BBC, there are an estimated 8.7 million species of animals in the world. Experts believe some of these species will go extinct before they are able to be studied. It’s believed it ...

A group of curious researchers has finally awarded one species the coveted title of world’s smallest moth Cypress Hansen The world’s smallest moth, the pygmy sorrel moth, has a wingspan as short as ...

The world's smallest daily video blogs are about to happen soon! Researchers from the University of Washington recently conducted an experiment to allow the smallest beetles to capture their daily ...

The Antarctic midge is a simple insect: no wings, a slender black body and an adult life span of not much more than a week. So perhaps it's fitting the bug is now on record as the owner of the tiniest ...