Each year, rice faces a big threat from a sesame seed-sized insect called the brown planthopper. Now, a study reveals the molecular switch that enables some planthoppers to develop short wings and ...

Researchers have discovered, for the first time, “mechanical gears” in nature. Juvenile planthoppers use a set of interlocking teeth, similar to cogs, to coordinate their legs as they jump. Juvenile ...

The early afternoon heat and humidity on Wednesday was relentless when I went outside to do a few things. But I temporarily forgot my chores when I looked over at the white metal roof of the lean-to ...

Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first. A species of plant-hopping insect, Issus coleoptratus ...

Many mechanical devices have been inspired by examples in nature, but it's not often that nature replicates something only known to be made by human beings. Meet Issus coeleoptratus, more commonly ...

You could call lanternflies the unicorns of the insect world. The enchanting planthoppers, native to Asia and Latin America, are part of a superfamily composed of bugs that can shoot fiber optics from ...

VietNamNet Bridge – In the evening of June 17, clouds of brown planthoppers covered many streets of the southern city of Soc Trang. VietNamNet Bridge – In the evening of June 17, clouds of brown ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Each year, rice in Asia faces a big threat from a sesame seed-sized insect called the brown planthopper. Now, a study reveals the molecular switch that enables some planthoppers to ...