Harvard’s tiny flying robot, known as the RoboBee, has just gotten a major upgrade that makes landing much safer and smoother. Inspired by the long legs of crane flies, engineers have given the robot ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

Florida carpenter ants treat injured mates by cleaning wounds or performing amputations. Study suggest the method depends on ...

Duonychus tsogtbaatari, a feathered, two-legged dinosaur, was discovered in Mongolia. Its unusual anatomy and remarkably well-preserved claws have attracted scientists' interest. The dinosaur had ...

Her sessions combine watercolour art with insect anatomy, teaching kids about the beauty and complexity ... If I can bring one right up to their face and show them the blues of its body or how its ...

I haven’t seen nor been bit by one in over three months. Well, Thursday, while downstairs with my dogs, I had to slap one that landed on my leg. Have your insect repellent handy because I think ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

And yet her durable carapace, legs and head are missing—lost to decay ... because this fossil is just so beautifully preserved, there's so much anatomy there that needs interpreting.