Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever wondered why some animals like butterflies, birds, and beetles shimmer in the light and change from one iridescent ...

Germany-based automation company Festo is making bionic ants. These are artificial ant units that move together under clear rules. They are showing off their cooperative behavior for doing tasks and ...

From the organizational strength of the ant colony, to the unseen communication in a swarm of butterflies, nature has always beaten man to it. But now researchers at Festo, a German industrial control ...