Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight Date: October 18, 2011 Source: University of California - Berkeley ... Journal Reference: K Peterson, P Birkmeyer, ...

Insect wings, the team confirmed, evolved from an outgrowth or “lobe” on the legs of an ancestral crustacean (yes, crustacean). After this marine animal had transitioned to land-dwelling about 300 ...

The world's oldest known insect has been found lurking in a fossil-filled vault under a museum. ... even though wings do not appear on the fossil. ... Journal reference: Nature (vol 427, p 627) ...

To make bug wings, parents or older relatives can: 1. Draw a shape of a butterfly on a half sheet of poster board, cut it out and fold it in half to gauge where to poke holes.

Insect-flight experts have long assumed that the smaller the insect, the faster it beats its wings; but in the case of honeybees, the creature -- technically known as Apis mellifera -- beats its ...

In the summer of 2022, social media users shared a photograph of a rather elaborate-looking insect with beautiful iridescent wings. The picture prompted questions about whether it accurately ...

For most of us, bugs are annoying, itchy, yucky summer pests. For airlines, they are quite literally a drag — a fuel-wasting, money-eating drag. Scientists from NASA and leading plane ...

Palmetto bugs are large cockroaches that live in the American southeast. Learn more about palmetto bug traits, why you get them, how to get rid of them, and more.

The giant water bug is a venomous insect with a painful bite. Learn more about how to identify water bugs, why you get them, prevention strategies, and more.