Insects
Beautiful Butterflies
Butterflies are found worldwide. They live on every continent, except Antarctica, and in many diverse environments. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and their colors span the rainbow. Like flowers in flight, butterflies manifest the artwork of God across the globe.
Fire-loving Beetle
The Melanophila beetle is one of many creatures that actually hunt for fires. Its name means “black-loving” because the beetle likes freshly burned, blackened wood, where the female lays her eggs. Often the charred wood is still hot and smoldering when the beetles arrive.
Amazing Ants
Ants have taken over the world, it seems, but they didn’t do it alone! One reason they’re so successful is their ability to communicate with each other—where to go, what to watch out for, how to help.
Bee Scouts
Bee scouts seek out new flowers and new sources of food. But what motivates a bee scout? What makes her take risks, explore the unfamiliar, unselfishly bring back news of her discoveries and set out again to spend herself for the sake of the hive?
Articles About Insects
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In-Depth ArticleHoneybees Navigate with a Map of Polarized LightJan. 30, 2014 from Answers in Depth
The uncanny ability of honeybees to remember and communicate the location of sweet nectar has been the subject of ongoing investigations.
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Fig Wasp Fossil Said to Pre-Date Figs by 65 Million YearsDec. 26, 2013 from News to Know
Fig wasp fossil shows up too “soon” in the fossil record.
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June 9, 2013 from Answers Magazine
A special moth-flower relationship, discovered in arid regions of North America, has inspired the wonder of biologists worldwide.
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Feb. 24, 2013 from Answers Magazine
Since creation, water striders have been skipping effortlessly across lakes and ponds. The secret is an ingenious design that only the Great Designer could have invented.
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Do Bees and Humans Share a Bold Explorer Gene?March 24, 2012
To Boldly Go Where No Bee Has Gone Before
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Oct. 19, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The most amazing thing about lightning bugs is their ability to produce light.
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Magazine Department ArticleBeetle ManiaJuly 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The bombardier beetle has an incredible firing mechanism that shoots a toxic chemical at attackers with superb accuracy
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Nov. 28, 2010 from Answers Magazine
One secret of the ants’ success is their ability to cooperate with numerous other organisms.
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Monarch Butterflies Prescribing Medicine for OffspringOct. 16, 2010 from News to Know
Monarch butterflies are famous for their distinctive coloration and multigenerational migration. Now, they may become famous for something else: prescribing medicine for their offspring.
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Aug. 29, 2010 from Answers Magazine
A monarch’s development from caterpillar to adult and its incredible ability to migrate clearly display the Creator’s design.
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A Monarch is Never LateOct. 3, 2009 from News to Know
The astonishing navigational abilities of the monarch butterfly seem all the more astonishing in the light of new research.
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Water Striders: Hallmark of Evolution or Testimony to Creation?Aug. 16, 2008
The incredible water strider: is its “just so” construction a hallmark of evolution or a testimony to creation?
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Unidentifiable Insect Appears at London's Natural History MuseumJuly 19, 2008
Have a fancy for identifying bugs? Maybe you can help the experts classify an otherwise baffling bug that first appeared on the grounds of London’s Natural History Museum last March.
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Looking into the Strongest Creature on the PlanetMarch 15, 2008
The Hercules beetle, the strongest animal in the world, is not only renowned for its strength; it also employs a shell that changes colors in response to ambient humidity.
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Feb. 25, 2008 from Answers Magazine
There is no better place to see God's palette of colors than in butterflies.
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Lessons from a BeetleOct. 6, 2007 from News to Know
A team at the University of Leeds in England has engineered a spray nozzle that replicates the bombardier beetle’s (in)famous defense mechanism.
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Magazine ArticleMetamorphosis MisnomerDec. 1, 2002, pp. 52–53
Our purpose here is not to present this evidence of creative intelligence so much as to highlight an example of the biased labels and loaded terms which often appear in evolutionary biology.
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Magazine ArticleAnts: Swarm IntelligenceDec. 1, 2001, pp. 28–31
The behaviour of ants has long fascinated scientists. And why not? These insects haveamazingly complex colonies, with social 'castes' in which every member has a role.
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Magazine ArticleReady to PreyMarch 1, 2001, pp. 38–41
The praying mantis is one of the most recognizable and striking members of the insect kingdom.
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Magazine ArticleA Sweet RevelationSept. 1, 1999, pp. 48–50
The honey bee is a wonderful example of this intricate design and complex genetic information, the knowledge of which forever changed my life.
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Magazine ArticleThe “Impossible” InsectsJune 1, 1999, pp. 26–27
Better known as stick (or leaf) insects, the phasmids are the undisputed masters of camouflage in the living world.
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Magazine ArticleGreen IslandsMarch 1, 1999, pp. 56–57
Anyone strolling through an oak or beach forest in the northern hemisphere autumn is sure to find them—among the countless brown leaves scattered on the ground, some are still green in one portion.
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Magazine ArticleHitch-Hiking InsectsJune 1, 1998, pp. 54–55
These fascinating creatures, known to insect specialists as Strepsiptera (from the Greek meaning ‘twisted wing’), are virtually unknown to the public.
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