Black Hornet Nano - known as just 'Black Hornet' - is one of the smallest types of surveillance drones created by Teledyne.

A small aquatic insect with fan-like feet has inspired a new generation of agile, water-skimming robots capable of navigating turbulent conditions with remarkable precision. Researchers from the ...

Kayla Kolff received funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), project number 274877981 (GRK-2185/1: DFG Research Training Group Situated Cognition). Animals respond to injury in many ways.

A team of researchers from the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has developed two prototypes of insect-inspired robots that could soon glide over water, scout ...

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to ...

A long-term study shows that insect populations are collapsing even in pristine mountain habitats, pointing to climate change as a key driver of biodiversity loss. Credit: Shutterstock Insects in ...

Q: My fashionable sister in law has always been envious of my back yard plantings. Her yard is about the same size as mine and not very tended so to speak. I’ve asked her why she doesn’t garden and ...

Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline, with climate change as a likely culprit. That's the finding of new research from the University of North ...

Students at MIT are designing and developing robots that weigh less than one gram, and could one day perform artificial pollination, inspections, and environmental monitoring. ‘Just Hang Up’: FBI ...

An industry based on insects’ natural recycling abilities could help limit the environmental damage from our food system. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...