When you observe a shrimp walking on the bottom of a tank, you notice that not only its thin legs but also the long antennae extending from its head are constantly moving. They thrust them forward, ...

Bigger antennae would help male moths detect more female sex pheromone, but would create aerodynamic drag during flight. New research suggests the solution is for some male moths to have evolved ...

Japanese researchers built a gel electrode that keeps insect antenna sensors stable for 7 hours on odor-tracking drones.

Image courtesy of Barnaby Chambers / shutterstock Insects constantly clean their antennae, even when they appear to be clean. A group of researchers decided that the phenomenon warranted a closer look ...

It used to be the case that if you wanted a powerful telescope, you had to build it big — really big. But now, it’s possible to create a very powerful telescope by using multiple smaller antennae ...