or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton, one pair of antennae, and (usually) one or two pairs of wings. Insects live in nearly every habitat ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

This tube connects to openings in the insect's exoskeleton (outer “shell”) called spiracles which allow the insect to breathe. Get a closer view of the image Get a closer view of the image Get a ...

After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences decided to close the Insect Zoo because of ...

the researchers have created a device capable of variable circularly polarized light reflection by combining the circularly polarized light-reflecting properties of the insect exoskeletons with ...

Snails have shells, while many insects and spiders have an exoskeleton, which is a hard casing on their outside. When you are outdoors, you will find minibeasts nearly everywhere you look.

With that in mind, [Guillermo Herrera-Arcos] started working on ALICE, a robotic exoskeleton that is low-cost, easy to build, and as an added bonus, 100% Open Source. ALICE’s creators envision ...