Phantom crane flies change the angle of their splayed legs to increase or reduce drag, helping them navigate varying winds.

The problem with diffusion is that it’s notoriously slow. The oxygen constraint hypothesis argued that the larger the insect grows, the further the oxygen must travel to reach the deepest tissues. “As ...

In 2025, researchers on Barro Colorado Island in Panama found something that looked almost like a prank played by the ...

Although the concept seems like something from science fiction, science is rapidly adopting it. Researchers have started ...

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not because ...

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in ...

Increased salinity usually spells trouble for freshwater insects like mayflies. A new study finds that the lack of metabolic responses to salinity may explain why some freshwater insects often ...

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny insects, named for their frog-shaped bodies and powerful jumping legs, are so ...

In the pitch black hours nearing midnight last March on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a team of scientists came across a ...

Chaos theorists refer to the “butterfly effect” to describe seemingly insignificant events — like the ripple of a butterfly’s wing — that can have unintended consequences. But there might be a more ...