Millions of years ago, oversized insects such as griffinflies boasting wingspans comparable to today's hawks scuttled across (and fluttered above) the planet. But why these jumbo jets of the insect ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by how insects, tiny animals with even tinier brains, coordinate complex group actions. Colonies of weaver ants, for example, form living ladders with their bodies ...

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how ...