Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

Wondering why “mikan” mandarin oranges are so expensive this winter? Blame the scorching heat of summer and an insect infestation that pushed wholesale prices to one of their highest levels ever.

Sharpshooters are large leafhopper insects in the scientific family Cicadellidae ... They also have powerful back legs, allowing them to jump and escape predators quickly. This comes in handy ...

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control some of these pests, scientists ...

It is hypothesized that the ancestors of terrestrial insects initially fed on algae that advanced onto land simultaneously. Jumping bristletails retained many primitive traits, such as their ...

You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that people ...