By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...

Princeton engineers investigated the secret to grasshoppers' efficient gliding, inspiring a new approach for robotic flight.

While much insight has been gleaned from how grasshoppers hop, their gliding prowess has mostly been overlooked. Now ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...

Experts from the University of Kentucky have found evidence of microplastics in the bodies of an insect in Antarctica. In the ...

Grasshopper’s gangly, awkward flight could solve the biggest power problems in robotics. Standard micro-bots are modeled ...

Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two ...

Tiny flying bugs in your kitchen aren't always fruit flies. These overlooked pests are often mistaken for them -- and need ...

Fly control is an essential part of pig farmers' operations. Excessive fly pressure increases stress and is unpleasant for ...

The £1.5 million farm, which has its own chief scientist, aims to produce 3,500 tons of insect protein a year using the black ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...