Most insects also have wings, although a few, like fleas, don't. All have compound eyes , which means insects see very differently from the way people see. Instead of one lens per eye, they have ...

Insects are arguably the most important animals on the planet. Their variety is unparalleled in nature, and they carry out ...

Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would like to copy. For example, many types of insect wings shed water, kill microbes, reflect light in unusual ways and are ...

By Susan Meikle, university news and communications A Parhyale hatchling (image by Courtney Clark-Hatchel). Genes from a tiny shrimp-like crustacean could help in the search for the origin of insect ...

Most insects also have wings, although a few, like fleas, don’t. All have compound eyes, which means insects see very differently from the way people see. Instead of one lens per eye, they have ...