Tag: Animal Algorithms
Ants Build Landmarks for Navigation
The difficulty of finding your way back home from a long distance is partly solved in a tiny ant’s brain.
The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance
Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability.
Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers
Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.”
Intelligent Design in Animal Self-Location and Navigation
A question is whether such mechanisms exist in more ancient brain regions of other animals. A new study has identified a self-location mechanism in zebrafish.
Birds, Bats, Insects: Field Work on Animal Flight Reveals Wonders of Intelligent Design
The capabilities of flying animals continue to amaze scientists, and explanations challenge their best efforts. Does evolutionary theory help?