Lickety-split, insects called froghoppers can leap a distance of 100 times their body length. Now, scientists have found the bugs' secret: They sport bow-like structures that work like catapults.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious ...

In spring and summer, you might notice white foam on plants that looks like frothy spit on a plant. Reassuringly, it's not spit at all, but foam made by a harmless insect called a froghopper - also ...

Figure 1: Sequential images of a spontaneous jump by Philaenus spumarius captured at 2,000 frames per second and an exposure time of 0.25 ms with a high-speed camera (Redlake Imaging, San Diego) and ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious leaping ...

Have you ever been walking in your garden and noticed what appears to be bubbles on your plants? It may appear as if the plants are salivating, but these bubbles do not come from the plants — they ...

Froghoppers are the champion jumpers of the insect world... and they invented archery long before Robin Hood, scientists have learned. Bow-like structures behind the tiny creature's hind legs and ...

Suddenly, and rather surprisingly, the humble froghopper is front-page news, as a possible vector of the deadly bacterial plant disease Xylella fastidiosa, should it ever arrive in Britain. Gardeners ...

24 June 1921 The covering provides a shelter from both enemy birds and parasites Tall foxgloves rear their many-flowered stems, their lower purple bells full open, their slender tips drooped ...

Shea Gunther is a writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster living in Portland, Maine. He covers topics such as renewable energy, climate change, and nature. Being able to jump is a hugely advantageous ...

The froghopper's back legs can accelerate the bug at 13,000 feet per second and to a height of 27 inches A bug that can leap the equivalent of a skyscraper has beaten the flea to become the insect ...

A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious leaping ability in adulthood ...