While the mosquito might be an obvious choice, dragonflies can stop on a dime at 35 miles an hour and even fly backward.

Mosquitoes and crane flies are often confused for one another because they look similar at first glance, and they live in ...

Scientists are unraveling the secrets behind insect flight, revealing the complex mechanics of their wing hinges. Caltech researchers, led by Professo ...

The hinge enables insects to control their wing movements, but how it works is hard to study. Multidisciplinary research, using imaging and machine-learning methods, now sheds light on the ...

Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at MIT have designed insect-sized aerial bots with a reimagined wing system that can fly for up to 1,000 seconds – 100 times more than any ...

The concept of the flying robot is based on how some birds, bats, and other insects tuck their wings against their bodies when at rest, and then deploy them to power flight.