Butterfly Evolution Hatches Magical Story
May 22, 2023
Butterflies magically arise, fly around the world after surviving asteroid strike that killed dinosaurs.
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Ugly Life Is Beautiful in Its Own Way
May 9, 2023
Who's calling ugly plants and animals repulsive? To know them is to love them.
Watching Butterfly Designs Assemble
November 24, 2021
A press release from MIT shows that great biological science can be done without mentioning evolution.
Butterfly Designs Shown in High Resolution
September 19, 2021
Illustra Media's new short film shows how God is in the details.
Design of Life 2021 Update: Butterflies
September 7, 2021
Illustra Media's Design of Life series opened many eyes to natural wonders. Here's what's new about butterflies, featured in their film Metamorphosis.
Delicate Acrobats: Butterflies and Jellyfish Use Physics to Perfection
January 21, 2021
Two animals probably not envisioned as champion movers can teach human designers a thing or two.
How the Story Got Its Just-So
December 18, 2020
Scientific storytelling can be useful when it's not a just-so story. What's the difference?
Small Animals Strut Their Stuff
March 14, 2020
Bioengineers struggle to keep up with the designs in nature. For Pi Day, here are some amazing designs in small animals.
Convergent Evolution: A Better Explanation
November 26, 2019
Can an event acknowledged as improbable occur many times?
Bugs Ride on the Wings of the Wind
June 19, 2018
Small animals can take advantage of wind to go long distances in remarkable ways.
Updates for The Design of Life
March 15, 2018
New research puts more "wow" into the wonder of animals featured in Illustra Media's "Design of Life" documentaries.
Butterfly Evolution Pushed 70 Million Years Before Flowers
January 13, 2018
New fossil evidence puts the squeeze on Darwinians, making butterflies appear suddenly, with complex mouth parts, before there were any flowers to pollinate. Time to rescue the theory again.
Flying Physics
July 7, 2016
In the world of flying animals, stories of remarkable physical engineering come to light.
Insects that Defy Darwin
February 3, 2016
Stasis and convergence are not what Darwin had in mind, but that's what new fossils show.
Insects Worth Respecting
September 12, 2015
Most six-legged creatures are small and we give them little notice. Here are surprises that entomologists are discovering in some very special insects.