The dainty veins gracing the wings of dragonflies and other insects are like fingerprints: Each wing displays a distinct pattern. A randomized mathematical process may help explain how certain thin ...

Yes, trout do eat dragonflies – just not the ones that you see zipping by above the water’s surface. A dragonfly nymph won't work everywhere, but if you spend some time on stillwaters or slow creeks, ...

Researchers have developed a model that can recreate, with only a few parameters, the wing patterns of a large group of insects, shedding light on how these complex patterns form. For many species of ...

To monitor bird migrations, scientists often attach tracking devices to a leg. Scientists trying to figure out green darner migration patterns needed another way – but eventually discovered something ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the University of Granada, Spain, have determined the most efficient ways to ...