Right now, there’s a fly walking on the window in my office. I asked my friend Rich Zack how it does that. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. It turns out my window isn’t as ...

More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skeleton, three pairs of jointed legs, antennae and a body divided into three segments (the head, thorax ...

Look inside the foot of a gecko and you’ll see a structure that’s perfect for grasping almost any surface. Geckos’ ability to move in any direction in an instant gives them a leg up when they’re ...