Insects have long rivaled the best human illusionists, creating magic right before our eyes. However, one particular bug ...

A closer inspection would reveal lots of differences beyond size but, at a glance, a crane fly looks like a really big mosquito. It's also sometimes referred to as a daddy long-legs, due to its ...

Insect legs are a lot like human legs. Some of the leg parts even have the same names–even though insects don’t have bones.

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing.

The team has given their flying robot a set of long ... the crane fly, the relatively slow-moving, harmless insect that emerges from spring to fall and is often mistaken for a giant mosquito.

RoboBee now lands safely, thanks to insect-inspired legs and a smarter controller designed by Harvard engineers.