Tag: flies
Michael Ruse: Darwin’s Hedgehog Searches for Purpose
For Ruse, “Darwin is like Moses” who “led his children [himself among them] to the Promised Land but never got there himself.”
In Episode 3 of Secrets of the Cell, Michael Behe Tests “The Power of Evolution”
The planthopper bug has gears in its legs that permit it to jump what in human terms would be like vaulting the length of two football fields at one go.
Small Wonders: Design in Tiny Creatures
Miniature designs often require more foresight and delicate engineering than large designs. Examples are abundant in the living world.
Marvelous Migrations at All Scales
Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put?
No, We Are Not “Beasts”
Maxim Loskutoff recounts the time he and his girlfriend were threatened by a grizzly bear while hiking in Montana.