Before dinosaurs evolved and when the world was swampy and green 300 million years ago, giant dragonflies filled the skies. With wingspans that stretched up to a whopping 71 centimetres, these epic ...

Flying robot generates as much power as a flapping insect. A flying robot with wings controlled by an electric field instead of heavy motors and gears slightly outperforms insect muscles.

But flying bugs are harder to hijack. Scientists pulled it off for the first time in 2009, when a team at the University of California, Berkeley led by engineer Michel Maharbiz debuted their first ...