featherwing beetle Type post Author David Coppedge Date December 24, 2022 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , Adrian Malone, barbs, beetles, bird feathers, Blepharida sacra, Charles Darwin, Chloe Tenn, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, electron micrograph, evolution, flat bark beetle, flea beetle, Flight, froghoppers, insect wings, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, Longitarsus anchusae, Matthew Bertone, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, ptiloptery, Research, Sergey E. Farisenkov, The Scientist, zoo #9 Story of 2022: New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle David Coppedge December 24, 2022 Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 8 A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›
featherwing beetle Type post Author David Coppedge Date February 3, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Adrian Malone, barbs, beetles, bird feathers, Blepharida sacra, Charles Darwin, Chloe Tenn, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, electron micrograph, evolution, flat bark beetle, flea beetle, Flight, froghoppers, insect wings, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, Longitarsus anchusae, Matthew Bertone, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, ptiloptery, Research, Sergey E. Farisenkov, The Scientist, Zookeys New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle David Coppedge February 3, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›
fruit fly Type post Author Brian Miller Date October 4, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , body size, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Drosophila, eggs, embryo, fruit flies, gravity well, insect wings, intelligent design, macromutations, metabolism, natural genetic engineering, overpopulation, phenotype, phenotypic plasticity, stochasticity, transposable elements Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation Brian Miller October 4, 2021 Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design 7 The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation. Read More ›
