Diversity of water striders emerged earlier than previously thought, researchers find

The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously ...
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These Bugs Don’t Just Walk on Water—They Row and Skate Across It

When we think about creatures skimming across water, images of birds landing or frogs leaping come to mind. But some of nature’s most astonishing feats take place at a scale often smaller than a ...
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Ancient Water Striders Found In Amber Have Been Stuck Doing The Deed For 100 Million Years

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Self-morphing, wing-like feet enhance surface maneuverability of water striders and robots

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Ajou University in South Korea has revealed that the unique fan-like ...
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Episode 7: How Do Water Striders Skate Across the Water’s Surface?

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Water-bombed insects and carrots that curl

Media coverage can often be the push that helps research make a splash. Well, this week’s Newscripts is a little late to that particular party. Andrew Dickerson’s research into what happens to water ...
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The Outside Story: How water striders manage raindrops

Water striders are a common sight on ponds, vernal pools and puddles. During clear summer days, these insects seem to walk on water, a feat they accomplish through a combination of long legs that ...
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Leg length and bristle density, both necessary for water surface locomotion, are genetically correlated in water striders

Access to hitherto unexploited ecological opportunities is associated with phenotypic evolution and often results in significant lineage diversification. Yet our understanding of the mechanisms ...
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Scientists Develop Robots That Literally Walk on Water

For billions of years, nature has been the world’s master engineer. Natural evolution has created impressive, sometimes implausible creatures. Take, for instance, the water strider. This group of ...