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.

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 ...

Robots helped achieve a major breakthrough in our understanding of how insect flight evolved. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists and biophysicists. Robots built ...

Mosquitoes are some of the fastest-flying insects. Flapping their wings more than 800 times a second, they achieve their speed because the muscles in their wings can flap faster than their nervous ...

In a remarkable scientific achievement, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the intricate biomechanics of insect wings, with a particular focus on the wing hinge mechanism of ...

For decades, people have repeated a peculiar claim: that honeybees (and especially bumblebees) shouldn't be able to fly. According to conventional aerodynamic models, their chunky bodies and ...

Falconry, winter bird migration on the NC coast, slo-mo insect flight and fly-fishing. Explore the ancient sport of falconry, and watch tens of thousands of migratory birds that winter on the NC coast ...

For a moment, let's follow a moth on its nocturnal flight: As it flies through a garden, it passes lit windows, dips under a shady tree and crosses a road illuminated by streetlights and the bright ...