Flying insects, such as flies, butterflies, and dragonflies, have thin, membranous wings that they move by altering their body shape. Birds possess strong wings made of bone and muscle ...

Insect wings, however, have no muscles or nerves ... Previous computer models of fly flight simply described the pattern of wing motion. The new model, in contrast, incorporates how the control ...

A handful of new studies moves the needle toward a consensus on the long-disputed question of whether insect wings evolved from legs or from the body wall, but the devil is in the details. Jef Akst ...

This illustration provides an explanation of the process of using CRISPR gene-editing technology to investigate the key gene that determines butterfly wing patterns. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The evolutionary origins of insect wings have been hotly debated: did they arise from dorsal body wall tissues or leg-related tissues? Researchers at Miami University resolved the debate by ...