An adult insect wing is basically dead. So what in the world were tiny respiratory channels doing in a wing membrane of a morpho dragonfly? Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira was so jolted by a scanning ...

sketched dragonfly wings in the early 1500s. Dutch biologist Jan Swammerdam made extraordinarily detailed illustrations of wing patterns in his research on insect development in the mid-1600s.

Engineers at the University of Bristol have done just that – and even improved on it – developing a tiny flying robot that flaps its wings more efficiently than an insect, using a unique ...

The dainty veins gracing the wings of dragonflies and other insects are like fingerprints: Each wing displays a distinct pattern. A randomized mathematical process may help explain how certain ...

Given their impressive flight capabilities, it's not surprising to see researchers turning to the world of flying insects for ... a micro UAV on the dragonfly's four wing design.

Scientists undertook a study of dragonfly ... wing during forward motion, the impact of vortices spawned by its corrugated structure on lift has remained a mystery. The wing surfaces of insects ...

Bees and butterflies are the poster insects of our ... an abundant dragonfly with a dusky blue-white abdomen and black bands on its otherwise clear wings; the common green darner, a 3-inch-long ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Dragonflies and ...

New research indicates some of the architecture’s oldest and most reliable designs can be built even better thanks to insect inspiration ... patterns seen in dragonfly wings.