Whether winged insects evolved on land or in the water is a “major unresolved question,” according to Wipfler and his colleagues. Many researchers assert the ancestors of modern winged insect species ...

A study in New Zealand shows how man-made changes to an ecosystem can radically reshape the bodies of insect inhabitants. By Veronique Greenwood New Zealand’s South Island was once covered in ...

When you see a dung beetle flying around, it’s like a bomber coming at you. Which is terrifying, ... there’s a clear origin.” But insect wings evolved so long ago, he adds, ...

Nestled within two sandstone slabs, Knecht found an imprint that had been made by a small flying insect, much like a modern mayfly, ... There are no clear impressions of the head or wings, ...

A robotic bee flutters from flower to flower, its clear wings whooshing back and forth as it collects pollen on spindly appendages and glimmers under the blazing sun.. Although it sounds like part ...