This slow-motion video of 15 different species of insect taking flight reveals a bevy of weird, beautiful, and kind of gross liftoff methods. The post Insects Flying in Slow Motion Reveal a Gross ...

Because of their tiny size, flying creatures like bumblebees, dragonflies, fruit flies and other insects must take into account microscopic and incredibly complex physical forces and effects that ...

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.

Gigantic insects once dominated the Earth. About 300 million years ago, during the late Carboniferous and early Permian periods, the largest flying insects known, the predatory dragonfly-like ...

Sarracenia pitcher plants, native to North American bogs, capture insect prey with colorful, modified leaves that look like flowers. Scent may play a role in each species' diet, a new study said.

Curt Stager reports on a long-term study of flying insects in Germany that records an astounding 76% drop in the total biomass of flying insects entering their traps over the last 30 years. This ...