In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and ...

When engineers outfitted a six-legged robotic bug with wings in an effort to improve its mobility, they unexpectedly shed some light on the evolution of flight. The wings nearly doubled the running ...

ATLANTA -- New research suggests squished bugs on airplane wings are costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars. NASA scientists and Boeing manufacturers are searching into ways to shave down ...

Parents and children can embrace art by making their own bug wings. Making your own wings requires a few easy steps. Easton Farmers' Market children's arts and crafts coordinator Hannah Andresen ...

Insects were the world's first aviators, and to this day their evolutionary descendants perform aerial stunts more dashing than the Blue Angels: They zip past your eyes like meteors, then hover like ...

An international collaboration of researchers, including from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, have sequenced the genome of the milkweed bug, enabling scientists to understand ...

Remember The Metamorphosis? Remember how Gregor Samsa emerged and stretched into his giant bug body and how good it felt? Okay, well maybe Gregor didn’t feel good initially-rather, he felt kind of ...

The Butterfly House and Bug Zoo is the home to hundreds of invertebrates from around the world. Some of the butterflies they have came all the way from Mexico to Northern Michigan! With a visit at the ...

For most of us, bugs are annoying, itchy, yucky summer pests. For airlines, they are quite literally a drag — a fuel-wasting, money-eating drag. Scientists from NASA and leading plane manufacturer ...