Tag: insects

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Zoology
Tagged
, AI bots, bugs, consumers, DuckDuckGo, Duke University, economists, fast food, food, food products, hypocrisy, insects, investment, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Nature (journal), nutrition, pasta, preference cascade, preference falsification, protein, protein bars, self-censorship, Sentient Media, Seth Millstein, social pressure, soldiers, Timur Kuran, United Nations}

To Be Honest, Most Humans Don’t Want Insect Burgers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Zoology

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What’s going on here may well be a case of preference falsification, a concept developed by Duke University economist Timur Kuran. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, ball-rolling, balls, bees, behavior, biology, brains, bumblebees, cognition, consciousness, Finland, flowers, honeybees, insects, Lars Chittka, learning, macaques, mammals, natural selection, Pavlovian conditioning, pretraining, problem-solving, random variation, rock juggling, Science (journal), solutions, sucrose, zoology}

Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

_{Eric Cassell
June 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, Adam Kovac, Akshaye A. Bhambore, behavior, biology, bumblebees, cheating, flowers, humans, insects, neurons, paywall, researchers, Science (journal), Scientific American, sugar, tools, zoology}

When Bumblebees Cheat at Games

_{Science & Culture
June 11, 2026

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Perhaps the most significant aspect of the findings is in light of the fact that the bumblebee has only about one million neurons (humans have 86 billion). Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Zoology
Tagged
, animal rights, anti-capitalism, bees, climate change, geological features, government, habitat loss, human activity, humans, industry, insects, law, lawfare, lawsuits, nature rights, PETA, pollution, Smithsonian Magazine, stingless bees}

In Peru, Bees Are Granted the Right to Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Zoology

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It is not as if nature or animals need to be granted rights in order to be protected robustly. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Zoology
Tagged
, bugs, butterflies, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, Discovery Institute, ecosystems, education, engineers, foresight, ID Education Day, insects, intelligent design, invertebrates, Irreducible Complexity, Metamorphosis, nematodes, neo-Darwinian evolution}

Creepy Crawly Complexity: Kate Kavanaugh on the Intelligent Design of Insects

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 22, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Zoology

2}

Far from being mere nuisances, these creatures function as tiny engineers that elegantly solve complex problems to sustain global ecosystems. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amphibians, bacteria, birds, complexity, cryptochromes, electrons, fish, insects, intelligent design, magnetic compass, magnetic field, magnetite, magnetoreception, mammals, Monarch butterflies, navigation, reptiles, Science (journal), vertebrates, zoology}

Three Animal Magnetic Compass Mechanisms, All by Design

_{Eric Cassell
December 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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It appears likely that different animals are designed to detect the geomagnetic field using different mechanisms. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Zoology
Tagged
, animal rights, birds, capitalism, China, conservation, environment, fishing, human exceptionalism, humans, hunters, hunting, insects, nature, pollution, prey, reptiles, rodents, socialism, wildlife}

“Multispecies Society”: Get Ready for Wild Animals’ Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 25, 2025

Bioethics, Zoology

5}

The everything-has-rights radicals admit the truth of human exceptionalism while denying that it exists. Read More ›

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Author
Kate Kavanaugh

Date
October 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Arthropoda, biology, churches, Creepy Crawly Complexity, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute Press, ecosystems, education, George Damoff, ID Education Day, Idaho, insects, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, Pedro Moura, private schools, roundworm, schools, spiders, Spokane, Tacoma, The God Proofs, Washington State, worms, zoology}

ID Education Day Is Coming to Tacoma, November 6!

_{Kate Kavanaugh
October 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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This is a fantastic field trip opportunity for middle and high school students in homeschool and private school settings to interact directly with scientists. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, butterflies, butterfly wings, Darwinians, evolution, foresight, insects, intelligent design, orchids, plants, rockets, spacecraft, spiders}

For Darwinism, Here Is the Problem with Butterfly Mimicry

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The usual explanation we hear is that the butterflies, spiders, plants, etc., “evolved this way in order to” survive predators. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, animals, auditory nerve, blood pressure, brain, cells, communication, comprehension, expression, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, pharynx, procreation, reception, singing, sounds, speech, squirrels, teeth, tissues, tongue, trees, vibrations}

Communication, in Human Life and Beyond: An Irreducibly Complex Design

_{Eric Hedin
May 5, 2025

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Communication saturates the animal kingdom in many forms. At the cellular level, communication forms an integral part of sustaining physical being. Read More ›