Insect eyes are a wonder of natural engineering. Anyone can tell that bug eyes are special in a complex way with just one glance at their shape and construction. But when you get down into this marvel ...

Scientists have long thought that insects with compound eye systems couldn’t see the world as clearly as animals sporting eyeballs with singular lenses. But new research indicates that this might not ...

KHQ.COM - Up close they look like the terrifying products of a fevered imagination. And with their lurid colours, bulging eyes and other-worldly faces these insects can certainly look rather alarming.

About five years ago, a bizarre idea occurred to me. At the time, I was designing complex electronic circuits to mimic a small portion of an insect brain. These circuits would be created on a tiny ...

Scientists in the US have made the first artificial eye using 3D polymer structures. The eye, which is made from individual "ommatidia" -- or single lenses -- arranged in a dome shape, is similar in ...

Bugs are a total blast, at least according to the Burke Museum's curator of arachnids, and the 1,000 or so people who attend the Burke's annual family event, Bug Blast. This year's Bug Blast is on ...