Three hundred million years ago, dragonfly-like creatures with wingspans stretching 70 centimeters patrolled the skies of a ...

Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

Scientific consensus is that high oxygen levels allowed these humongous fliers to exist, but a new study throws that idea ...

Phantom crane flies change the angle of their splayed legs to increase or reduce drag, helping them navigate varying winds.

The flight of insects -- Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies -- Orthoptera: Grasshoppers and crickets -- Hemiptera: Bugs -- Neuroptera and Mecoptera: Lacewings and Scorpion flies -- Lepidoptera: ...