Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard ...

Inspired by this natural design, the engineers outfitted the RoboBee with its own set of long, double-jointed legs. These new appendages are designed to cushion the impact as the robot transitions ...

The bumblebee-inspired robot is less than a centimeter wide and can hover, change direction, and hit small targets. Like a bumblebee moving from flower to flower, a new insect-inspired flying robot ...

As previously reported, the ultimate goal of the RoboBee initiative is to build a swarm of tiny interconnected robots capable ...

Honey buzzards are aptly named for their preferred snack, but does their feeding pose a threat to endangered honey bees?

A 2020 study found, for example, that bats were the main pollinators of pitayas (dragon fruit), a major crop in central ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Bees are interesting creatures who are vital to our ecosystem. They are responsible for pollinating 80% of all flowering ...

A host of dark-dwelling creepy crawlies help plants just as bees and butterflies do. New research is showing just how much the world relies on them.

February brought the longed-for colour to gardens and fields with spring bulbs in the former and gorse in the latter, writes Ethel Irvine from Fermanagh Beekeepers' Association.

Flies aren’t just decomposers—they’re also pollinators and pest predators. Researchers shows it’s time to appreciate these ...