A remarkable fossil discovery in China is rewriting our understanding of insect evolution. Scientists have identified a 151-million-year-old fly preserved in amber with features not seen in any modern ...

Some insects can flap their wings so rapidly that it’s impossible for instructions from their brains to entirely control the behaviour. Building tiny flapping robots has helped researchers shed light ...

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300 million years ago, insects were giants. Fossilized dragonflies with wingspans up to 70 cm and other massive arthropods roamed the Earth. For decades, scientists have believed that atmospheric ...