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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bird nests are home not only to the bird parents and their offspring but also to other inhabitants, such as insect larvae, which take advantage of the favorable climatic conditions and abundant supply ...