Some Bugs Walk on Water, but This Talented Beetle Scurries Underneath Its Surface ... Various aquatic insects can use the water's surface tension to skate around along the top lakes and ponds.

Pygmy mole crickets are skilled jumpers on land and amazingly on water, too. New research shows how their back legs act like spring-loaded paddles to propel them from the surface of a pond.

The basilisk lizard is one of a few animals that can actually walk on water. Well, it’s not so much walking as it is running.

The first robot that was able to jump on water was built in 2012 by engineers at Harbin Institute of Technology in China. However, unlike the new tiny strider-bot, the older robot is six inches ...

But until now, one water-strider feat that researchers could not explain or copy was how the insects can jump from the surface of water, leaping just as high off water as they can off solid ground.

And three years ago, scientists at the University of Waterloo designed a robot that could leap 5.5 inches in the air and 14 inches forward from the water's surface.

The researchers noticed that, when a raindrop collided with an insect on the water’s surface, the bug initially remained unscathed, as a result of its low density. However, it did get dragged ...

Water striders are fascinating to watch, as they scoot across the water while supported by surface tension. Scientists have now built a tiny robotic version of the insect, which utilizes a record ...

The snapshots showed striders sandwiched between the large drops and the water’s surface. The researchers kept watch as simulated raindrops bull’s-eyed insects.

Water molecules stick together at the surface, creating a "skin" called surface tension. This same property allows water strider insects to walk on water in nature. Soap breaks the bonds between water ...