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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you walk by a European river on a summer’s day, you might get to hear the animal kingdom’s champion vocalist. His song sounds like a train of chirps, and from a metre away, it’s as loud as whirring ...

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 ...

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