Insect

Tiny Robotic Insect flight demonstration

May 4, 2013

Tiny Robotic Insect flight demonstration

RoboBee, a tiny robot insect, the size of a penny, that has the ability of controlled flight, developed by engineers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. It weighs around 80 milligrams and has a wingspan of 3 cm.

Chameleon creatures

February 3, 2011

Chameleon

Amazing photos of a well-hidden Orchid Mantis and other camouflaged pretenders.

Insect Lab critters

January 29, 2011

Insect Lab7Borrowing from science fiction and fact, Insect Lab customizes real insect specimens with antique watch parts and other technological components. 

Insect-Wing amazing Colors Discovered

January 5, 2011

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Until now, the wing colors of many flies and wasps were dismissed as random iridescence. But they may be as distinctive and marvelous as the much-studied, much-celebrated wings of butterflies and beetles.

Ant 50 million year old found in India

October 26, 2010

A collection of amber deposits unearthed in northwest India has opened a spectacular window into insect life some 50 million years ago.