Do I need to tell you any more? Can’t we just let that sentence stand, knowing that it’s out there, and go on with our lives? No? Okay. Here’s some more detail. The water boatman is a tiny insect that ...

If I asked you to name the loudest animal on earth relative to its body size, you might wish to point to a friend, a lover or a neighborhood cat. I would, however, ask you to revise your view and ...

A team from theCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hexi University in China believe that by studying thesuperhydrophobicity of the water boatman’s hind wings, they can design a submarine ...

Superhydrophobicity is one of most important interfacial properties between solids and liquids. SHI Yanlong and his group from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. If you get a chance this winter, take a peek through the icy window of a pond surface. You may see water boatmen (order Hemiptera: family Corixidae) ...

A tiny water-dwelling insect has the loudest song for its size in the world, researchers find — a mating call it probably makes with its genitals. Discovering how such a little insect makes such a big ...

The 2mm water boatman insect is the loudest creature on Earth in relation to its size, according to scientists in Scotland and France. In addition, the feat is achieved through the frantic rubbing of ...

Taking inspiration from water beetles and other swimming insects, academics have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. The Row-bot mimics the way that the water boatman moves and ...

Several viewers have written in to News Channel 3 telling us about an increase in water boatmen bugs in their pools. The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District says water boatmen have ...

An often overlooked aquatic insect for fly fishermen is the water boatman (Corixidae). It grows to about a half inch. It is an oval-shaped insect, black or brown in color, and swims using the most ...

Summer is a busy, noisy time for insects. The season’s long, sunny days are filled with their sounds. Crickets are singing loudly to serenade a mate, the calls of water boatmen are reverberating ...