About 350 million years ago, our planet witnessed the evolution of the first flying creatures. They are still around, and some of them continue to annoy us with their buzzing. While scientists have ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

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

The vast majority of living insects either have wings or evolved from flying ancestors, said Linz, an evolutionary biologist now at Indiana University. “When the average person thinks about an insect ...

A Black Skimmer uses its long wings to soar above the water. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from ...

For decades, researchers have tried to understand how insect wings evolved. It seemed that none of the proposed explanations was complete. Now the question may finally have been answered. Using data ...

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