In the intricate world of insects, few creatures capture the imagination quite like the flatid planthopper waxy nymph. These tiny, sap-sucking insects are more than just delicate figures that look ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

This complex arrangement of rods and interlocking gears is the hip joint of an immature planthopper insect. It’s the only instance of functioning, interlocking gears that has been found in nature, at ...

LOS ANGELES - Gears may seem like a purely human invention. And yet the basic interlocking mechanism found inside grandfather clocks and car steering systems has now turned up in the remarkably ...

LOS ANGELES — Gears may seem like a purely human invention. Yet the basic interlocking mechanism found inside grandfather clocks and car-steering systems has turned up in the remarkably powerful legs ...

VEVAY, Ind. (WISH) — A planthopper indigenous to parts of Asia has been spotted in Indiana for the first time, and the state’s Department of Natural Resources is asking Hoosiers to keep an eye out for ...

These are two brown planthopper insects on a rice plant. The bottom one is the long-winged version that will migrate on to a new rice plant. The top is a short-winged version that won’t leave.