How can a tube as flimsy as a mosquito's proboscis be stiff enough to act as a hollow boring tool? What is it made of and what is the typical wall thickness of this amazing auger? Also, what is ...

A Japanese scientist has created an almost painless hypodermic needle, inspired by the mosquito's proboscis.

The final key to pain-free piercing is the mosquito's use of a numbing agent. Once the proboscis is inserted, the insect releases saliva, which contains a protein that lessens pain.

Proboscis monkeys have an unusual trait not seen in many other species of monkey - they can swim. Using their partially-webbed toes and fingers, they are able to escape predators and cross rivers ...

The horrific video below shows what actually happens when a mosquito pierces your skin and goes searching for blood with its flexible proboscis.

Give your vampire-fighting allies something worth fighting for. Provide a safe environment with a variety of foods, water, ...

The sections of the needle break the skin in the same sequence as they do with a mosquito, vibrating at about 15 hertz to ease it into the skin – as observed in mosquitoes under high-speed video ...

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to a study by Konstanz ...

The mosquito-inspired micro needle represents a significant advancement in medical technology. By mimicking the mosquito’s proboscis, engineers have created a tool that could make medical ...

Tip of a mosquito’s labrum (left), a part of its proboscis that helps suck blood, and red blood cells on a syringe needle (right).

The word proboscis, the name for the long, penetrating, blood-sucking mouth part of a mosquito, doesn’t have anything to do with the word “probe.” But after watching this video shared by ...

The mosquito truly is a blood-sucking machine. The thin tube the insect injects into the skin, what’s called the proboscis, is actually comprised of six different needles that all work in tandem ...