The small hopping insect Issus coleoptratus uses toothed gears (magnified above with an electron microscope) to precisely synchronize the kicks of its hind legs as it jumps forward. All images ...

People’s proud invention of gears was preceded by mindless evolution: The tiny points on the legs of juvenile planthopper insects move like intermeshing cogs. Those cogs in young Issus coleoptratus ...

Video showing how insects' legs allow them to be incredible acrobats (Footage courtesy of Dr Gregory Sutton and Prof Malcolm Burrows) Insects solve some pretty wacky biological problems, says Dr ...

Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Scientists at the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland have begun studying how to integrate the functionalities of insect legs with modern aircraft designs in order to reduce their weight and make them ...

Even though science allows us to peer into galaxies hundreds of millions of miles away and tear atoms apart to look for clues about the origin of the universe, there are still lots of unanswered ...