Anew developmental model recreates the vein patterns of insect wings, reported in PNAS on September 17. While previous studies have focused on analyzing primary veins that are largely shared across a ...

There are fish, birds, reptiles and other insects that have developed these useful ... Adults of this species have a swirling, green and yellow eyespot pattern on their forewings. The mantis will ...

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 ...

Published in Thin-Walled Structures, the study relied on numerical analysis and physical experiments, and led its authors to ...

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!

linking with how insects look, move and feel. Alternatively it links to symmetry in Mathematics using the butterfly wings, where children could be asked to follow the pattern from one wing onto a ...