No matter how good our human designs may be, evolution has had a 4-billion-year head start, so there’s no shame in copying off Mother Nature’s homework. Engineers at the University of Bristol have ...

A formidable mosquito hunter with tiger-striped wings has been named Australia's top insect for 2025. The graphic flutterer dragonfly (Rhyothemis graphiptera) captured more than a quarter of all votes ...

In this episode of Big Ideas from the team behind Deep Look, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the ...

Scientists look to flying animals — birds, bats and insects — for inspiration when they design airborne drones. But researchers are also investigating how to use technology to interact with, and even ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Rudolf Schilder, assistant professor of entomology at Penn State University, took some time to explain why Pennsylvania residents are seeing so many dragonflies this month. He studies ...