When people think of bugs they generally think of gross pests that need to be kept at a distance. The farther away, the better. But insects, especially flying ones, have a strange, gross beauty to ...

About 350 million years ago, our planet witnessed the evolution of the first flying creatures. They are still around, and some of them continue to annoy us with their buzzing. While scientists have ...

Explanations of why nocturnal insects fly erratically around fires and lamps have included theories of “lunar navigation” and “escape to the light”. However, without three-dimensional flight data to ...

Ever wondered how a fly can zip past you, turn in mid-air, and zoom by like it’s built with perfect detail? Are these flying tactics used by insects also powered by muscles like birds and bats, who ...

This slow-motion video of 15 different species of insect taking flight reveals a bevy of weird, beautiful, and kind of gross liftoff methods. When people think of bugs they generally think of gross ...