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Video shows how moths use their bodies to hover


Super slow-motion footage of a moth in flight has revealed how insects use their bodies to hover.

Flies learn to forgo sweet foods


Flies quickly learn to opt for less sweet food sources that offer more calories and nutritional valu...

Pesky insects too play ecological role


Getting rid of pesky insects, such as mosquitoes, ants and roaches may be fraught with adverse conse...

Images of 300 million-year-old insects revealed


Stunning 3D images of 300 million-year-old insects have been uncovered by scientists at a British un...

Insect wing tougher than man-made substances


The seemingly fragile insect wings are much tougher than many man-made substances that combine the b...

Street lighting changing insect ecosystems: Study


Groups of invertebrates living near artificial lights include more predators and scavengers, a study...

Oldest ever evidence of pollination discovered


Scientists have discovered what they say is the oldest ever record of insect pollination after findi...

World`s biggest insect found


An American explorer claims to have found the world`s biggest insect on New Zealand`s Little Barrier...

Chivalry is not dead, at least among crickets


New research has shown that some insects apparently put the lives of their mating partners ahead of ...

Fossil of 300-mn-yr-old flying insect discovered


Scientists have discovered the fossil of a flying insect that got stuck in mud more than 300 mn year...

Eco-friendly insect repellents identified


Researchers have identified two compounds emitted by mosquito predators that make the mosquitoes les...

World`s longest insect found in Indonesia


World`s longest insect nearly two feet long has been discovered in the rainforests of Borneo in In...

`World`s strongest insect can pull load 1141 times its weight`


Dung beetle species Onthophagus taurus, that has been named as the world`s strongest insect by sci...

Oxford experts reveal secrets of long-haul insect flights


Scientists studying the flexible wings of insects have discovered what makes them so efficient compa...

Heathcliffe: World`s Heaviest Insect


Heathcliffe, a giant burrowing cockroach, could be the world’s heaviest insect. The cockroach, 85mm ...