Whirligig beetles, the world's fastest-swimming insect, achieve surprising speeds by employing a strategy shared by fast-swimming marine mammals and waterfowl, according to a new study that rewrites ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Building robots that can effortlessly mimic the movements of insects on water has been a persistent challenge in robotics. The ability to move autonomously and efficiently in ...

As we begin the delightful autumn month of October, it's good to take a look back at September. Though not always so apparent, the month was warmer and wetter than usual. Thanks to the earlier days, ...

A team of engineers, physicists and biologists is seeking to create insect cyborgs—creatures with a mixture of organic and mechanical parts that could be used for military applications. The ...

Fly, swim, crawl: The insects that call Glacier home Milbert's Tortoiseshell - Aglais milberti Jacob W. Frank/NPS ...

SUCH questions as how do birds fly, how do fish swim, how do ships steer, or snakes crawl, have been subjects of interest from very early times.1 The present note is concerned with these and some ...