So normally to record an insect you need at least two cameras ... camera views of the mosquito where we can actually see its wings clearly," said Dr Simon Walker at the University of Oxford's ...

A handful of new studies moves the needle toward a consensus on the long-disputed question of whether insect wings evolved from legs or from the body wall, but the devil is in the details. Jef Akst ...

Even when full of blood, the insect’s wings do the heavy lifting, so its legs barely need to push Discovering an itchy welt is often a sign you have been duped by one of Earth’s sneakiest ...

the researchers ran simulations on the way air currents produced by mosquito wing motions are affected and reflected by obstacles. The results showed that the bugs can detect airflow 3 to 4 ...

Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed insect-sized aerial bots with a reimagined wing system that can fly for up to 1,000 ...