Tag: butterflies
Magnetic Navigation May Be a Gift from Bacteria
New clues to the prevalence of magnetotactic bacteria suggest that diverse animals may employ microbes for help with long-distance navigation.
For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man
Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory.
Strickberger’s Evolution Textbook Promotes False Evolutionary Icons
From crippled fruit flies we move to perhaps the most pervasive icon of them all, the peppered moth.
Optimized Insect Designs — via Evolution?
Cicadas and dragonflies use an exquisitely engineered “bed of nails” on their wings to disarm and neutralize bacteria.
Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question
The ingenious inventions found in insects summon us to ask: How did these small organisms get them?