Insect legs are a lot like human legs. Some of the leg parts even have the same names–even though insects don’t have bones.

Any insects that are able to live in our domestic environments aren’t barely surviving; they’re thriving. That cockroach ...

Insects have long rivaled the best human illusionists, creating magic right before our eyes. However, one particular bug ...

“The front pair of legs are what we call fossorial, and they are actually for digging,” Brown said. “The middle legs are ...

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing.

Ah, the bounty of spring: all the tender new foliage on trees and shrubs, flowers galore and prolific growth in the vegetable garden. We gardeners revel in the abundance the season brings, and ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

A multiple exposure of the RoboBee using its new legs to take off from one leaf and land on another "Seeking bioinspiration within the amazing diversity of insects offers us countless avenues to ...