Your first instinct when you spot a buzzing insect nearby is often to swat at it, but not every bug is a foe. Some are friends and worth a second look. Consider the hover fly, a tiny but mighty bee ...

Why does that bee look strange? Well, because it might not be a bee! Learn about bee flies, the mimics you didn't know were in your garden.

Q: I found a bee-looking creature in my garden. It has a fuzzy black body with yellow at the top, all indications of a bee, but with strange wings and a long snout!-- Brooke Clem, email A: My bet is ...

Hover flies have one set of wings and no stinger. If you've been outside lately, chances are you've seen them — small flying insects that resemble sweat bees. In fact, you may have actually called ...

BeeRotor is the first aerial robot that can fly over uneven terrain using visual input to stabilise -- not an accelerometer. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Local)-- If you see a huge insect attacking a bee or a wasp this summer, you've probably stumbled upon a bee panther. Also known as the red-footed cannibalfly, the bee panther is ...

Microscopic parasitic worms use static electricity to pull themselves toward flying insects, turning physics into a powerful ...

This tiny, solar-powered, bee-like robot could be the future of drones. One day, anyway. Flying machine: The RoboBee X-Wing, developed at the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory, is a remarkable feat of ...

The total number of flying insects in protected areas in Germany has dropped by over 75 percent in the past 27 years. Scientists noted the major decline of bees, butterflies, moths and other winged ...

Spider webs turn the airways of fields and forests into a gauntlet of traps. Once spun, these silken snares lie in wait for insects to blunder into them. But they’re not entirely passive. Victor ...