Skippers are fascinating insects found across the globe, with around 3,500 species in existence. They’re renowned for their swift, agile flight patterns. Interestingly, skippers seem to bridge ...

IN his interesting article, Dr. O. Sotavalta 1 discusses the estimation of the wing-stroke frequency of insects by their audible note. This method is older than he ...

Once the temps drop and snowflakes begin to fall, it’s easy to assume that insects have simply disappeared. And while many do ...

While at the University of Oxford, Dr Windsor investigated how insects use visual information to control their flight. Using a virtual reality flight simulator for insects, the flight forces and head ...

MIT researchers unveil advanced insect-scale robots with unprecedented flight endurance, speed, and agility, paving the way for future pollination technology. MIT researchers have unveiled a ...

Abstract: For vertical-looking radars (VLRs), it is typically assumed that insects maintain a steady and approximately horizontal flight attitude as they pass through the radar beam, allowing for the ...

This widespread and familiar bird may hunt by day or night, catching flying insects in the air. Its bounding, erratic flight and angular wings make it unmistakable except in the southwest and in ...

The robotic insect, which weighs less than a paperclip, can fly significantly faster than similar bots while completing acrobatic maneuvers like double aerial flips. The revamped robot is designed to ...

A denizen of the arid southwest, the Lesser Nighthawk flies low over deserts and grasslands at dusk, capturing insects in flight. Very similar to the more widespread Common Nighthawk, but it is a much ...