Birds Hummingbirds Thrive on Sugar February 15, 2024 Why don't hummingbirds get diabetes? They didn't evolve to live on sugar; they were designed that way. CONTINUE READING
Birds Hummingbird Wings Featured in New Short Video August 20, 2023 Illustra's short film "Wings of Wonder" shares more about our favorite birds. CONTINUE READING
Birds Hummingbird Beak Is a Nectar Wringer May 30, 2023 New high-speed movies of hummingbirds show how nectar in the retracting tongue is drawn into the mouth. CONTINUE READING
Birds Common Birds Astound Scientists April 10, 2023 Look at some denizens of your garden or town and be amazed. CONTINUE READING
Birds Hummingbirds and Humans Evolved by Mistake January 12, 2023 To believe this evolutionary tale, one must accept that a genetic mistake created our beloved backyard acrobats. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Dippy Darwin Doodles September 23, 2022 Don't take evolutionary stories so seriously. They're intended to be funny. CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology 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. CONTINUE READING
Birds Fast Flight Specializations in Birds and Bats January 20, 2017 When you are moving rapidly, you need to see things differently. CONTINUE READING
Dinosaurs Bird Non-Evolution from Dinosaurs December 29, 2016 Losing traits won't make a dinosaur fly, and other conundrums in the presumed dinosaur-to-bird evolutionary story. CONTINUE READING