Although roly poly bugs are rarely a problem, there are times you probably don’t want them around the house or in your garden ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. The roly-poly, or pill bug, is a terrestrial crustacean that looks ...

XI'AN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- On a cold night, 24-year-old Feng Jiachen puts on a Tang Dynasty (618-907) costume, moves side to side on a giant round-bottomed base before bouncing back upright like a ...

Today here at CES, LaCie has taken the wraps off a globular, elongated USB key called the Culbuto. Designed by French designer Constance Guisset, this storage drive bobs about when poked or otherwise ...

Today I'm feeling like an old roly-poly toy. Remember that? It was a child-sized plastic doll; no matter how hard you pounded it down, it bobbed back up, because it was firmly anchored to its solid ...

New Rochelle, NY, March 9, 2015-- A novel, fully untethered soft robot capable of repeated jumping is able to cover half a meter in a single hop-and-roll motion. The innovative design of this ...