The Super Abilities of Insects

Roger Hardie and Paloma Gonzalez Bellido talk about the amazing abilities of flies on BBC World Service Radio

Why is it so hard to swat a fly? Try to swat a fly and it will soon become clear that they're faster than you. Much faster. But how on Earth do these tiny creatures - with their minuscule brains - outwit us so easily?

It was the question that  BBC World Service CrowdScience asked to PDBN's Roger Hardie and members of PDN's FlyLab.

You can listen to the whole interview on radio here.

There is also a feature article available on the BBC website.