Who is the beetle that can fold its delicate wings into an origami shape, keeping them safely tucked away as it scampers ...

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores the work of 16th- and 17th-century artists who captured nature’s ...

They don’t wear watches or keep calendars, yet every 17 years — including this year — Brood XIV emerges across parts of the region like clockwork. Chris Simon, professor emeritus of ...

From carpet beetles to ladybugs to palo verde beetles, here's what to know about the most common beetles in Arizona and why ...

Marina Henke: With insects, wings diversify even more. That’s because when you're really tiny, the viscosity of the air ...

Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

On the wing : insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight ...

Angelica Hankins 22 May 2025 Jan van Kessel, Insects and a Sprig of Rosemary, 1653 Courtesy the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ...

Nature has perfected the art of landing. From delicate flies to buzzing bees, insects navigate complex aerial maneuvers and touchdown with high precision. But for human-made flying robots ...

The strange, soothing art of insect taxidermy (and where to learn it in Chicago) From beetle-pinning classes to possum yoga, the Insect Asylum offers citydwellers a place to commune with nature.

This letter presents a bioinspired strategy for the design of quadcopters resilient to collisions. Abstracting the biomechanical strategy of collision resilient insects' wings, the quadcopter has a ...