Princeton engineers investigated the secret to grasshoppers' efficient gliding, inspiring a new approach for robotic flight.

Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...

Annapolis, MD; July 24, 2018 -- Grasshoppers are one of the most ubiquitous groups of insects in the world, found everywhere from grasslands to tropical rainforests to isolated mountain ranges to ...

Four-year-old Jake Stainbrook said grasshoppers are his favorite insects because he likes to catch them. “But I couldn’t catch that one!” Jake pointed to a grasshopper the size of a Volkswagen that ...