John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

Some insects can flap their wings so rapidly that it’s impossible for instructions from their brains to entirely control the behaviour. Building tiny flapping robots has helped researchers shed light ...

Robots helped achieve a major breakthrough in our understanding of how insect flight evolved. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists and biophysicists. Robots built ...

Winter transforms the world around us, blanketing landscapes in snow and silencing the buzz of summer. Yet, while we may retreat indoors to escape the cold, insects face a far greater challenge: ...

In a remarkable scientific achievement, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the intricate biomechanics of insect wings, with a particular focus on the wing hinge mechanism of ...

This is the time of migration triggered by later sunrises and earlier sunsets, mostly seen with birds now, especially hawks, kestrels and bald eagles at Hawk Ridge. Other raptors — geese, blackbirds, ...

Amber is one of Earth’s most beautiful natural resources, and its beginnings as sticky resin also mean that it has ended up preserving many species – some of which might have otherwise been lost to ...

Residents living along the shores of Lake Winnebago are resigned to the appearance of winged insects every May. Lake flies ...