Insects

Articles About Insects

• Magazine Department Article

  Honeybees—Always on the Move

  

  Jan. 2, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  The next time you see a honeybee, take a moment to thank the Creator for his abundant provision through these amazing little creatures.

• Zombie Ants and Genesis

  

  Oct. 20, 2023 from Answers in Depth

  Carpenter ant colonies evade zombie apocalypse because only the climbing dead become weapons of mass dispersion.

• Magazine Department Article

  Why Are Wasps So Evil?

  

  Oct. 15, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  If God is good, why are some creatures so bad?

• Magazine Article

  Pollinators: Meant to Bee

  

  June 18, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  The author experienced firsthand God’s incredible design for bees—and mankind’s opportunity to steward even the smallest of God’s creatures.

• Magazine Department Article

  It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a . . . Moth?

  

  Jan. 8, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  This agile flyer scoots in and out of tight spots faster than any plane Boeing or Airbus ever dreamed of.

• Magazine Department Article

  Aphids: A Change for the Better

  

  Oct. 9, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  Animals that can grow wings in a single generation—only an imaginative Creator could think of that!

• Magazine Department Article

  Bumblebees: An Electric Exchange

  

  July 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  A bumblebee may be an unwelcome sound to you. But for a flower, it’s positively electric.

• Magazine Department Article

  Bedazzling Beetles

  

  Jan. 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  This beetle’s colors serve as camouflage against the dense backdrop of trees and plants. How is this possible?

• Magazine Article

  Beetles—Go Anywhere, Do Anything

  

  April 24, 2021 from Answers Magazine

  The most diverse order of animals on the planet is by far the beetle order. God shows how He can take one design and create a spectacular array of forms.

• Magazine Article

  Hissing Cockroaches—The Perfect Family Pet

  

  Sept. 6, 2020 from Answers Magazine

  Shy, gentle, and easy to care for — does the hissing cockroach sound like an ideal pet?

• Magazine Department Article

  Cockroaches—The Right Creatures for the Job

  

  Feb. 23, 2020 from Answers Magazine

  Despite their bad reputation, cockroaches were designed to do good things.

• Magazine Article

  The Mystery of the Exploding Beetle

  

  Dec. 22, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  When Dr. Andy McIntosh investigated the bombardier beetle, he discovered explosive evidence of God’s intricate design.

• Book Chapter

  Peppered Moths . . . Evidence for Evolution?

  

  Oct. 19, 2019 from The New Answers Book 4

  The story of the peppered moth has been set forth for decades as the prime example of evolution in action. But, are they really evidence of evolution?

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Honey Bee Medicine

  

  June 26, 2019 from Answers in Depth

  It was recently discovered that double-stranded microRNA (miRNAs) fed to honey bees conferred resistance to certain viral diseases that they were exposed to.

• Magazine Department Article

  Termites: A House in Order

  

  March 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  When they work together, these insignificant insects can accomplish significant things.

• In-Depth Article

  Early Development of the Fruit Fly as Evidence of Design

  

  Aug. 17, 2018 from Answers in Depth

  While design may be seen in all living creatures, the early development of the fruit fly shows the making of a “simple” fruit fly exhibits forethought.

• In-Depth Article

  The Creation of Plants, Pollinators, and their Post-Flood Adaptations

  

  Jan. 31, 2018 from Answers in Depth

  How should young-earth creationists explain the formation of highly specific relationships between plants and insects?

• God’s Design in Creation: Water Strider Legs and Leafhopper Eggs

  

  Dec. 7, 2017

  Two examples of our Lord’s creativity involve insects you’ve probably seen before but perhaps not thought much about: the water strider and the leafhopper.

• In-Depth Article

  Vampire Hell Ants Preserved in Burmese Amber

  

  Oct. 27, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Detailed images of a newly discovered species of hell ant—extinct ants with scythe-like jaws—in Burmese amber may hold the answer to how they ate.

• Bombardier Beetle–The Arsenal Insect

  

  Aug. 15, 2017 from 10 Cursed Creatures with Undeniable Design

  The bombardier beetle’s tail end is equipped with twin “spray nozzles” (or gland openings) to shoot its gaseous ammunition.

• Honeybees: One of God’s Sweetest Designs

  

  June 20, 2017 from 10 Cursed Creatures with Undeniable Design

  A single worker bee may add merely one-twelfth of a teaspoon of prized honey to its colony. Yet the power of the bee is in the cooperation of the colony.

• Milking Roaches for All They’re Worth: An Unlikely Reminder of God’s Provision

  

  Oct. 18, 2016

  God’s creativity is as infinite as He is, and discoveries like the protein sequence in roach milk point back to our amazing Creator.

• Magazine Article

  Miniature Metropolises

  

  Oct. 16, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Gifted ant architects have built thriving cities on every continent—using every imaginable kind of material.

• Magazine Article

  Giant Silk Moths—Butterflies’ Unsung Rivals

  

  Aug. 7, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  The family of giant silk moths, or Saturniidae, includes the largest—and arguably most beautiful—moths in the world.

• Were Insects on the Ark?

  

  May 6, 2016

  If not directly commanded by God to be included on the Ark, would some insects have been beneficial to Noah and, if so, how might they have come on board?

• Magazine Department Article

  Bee Beacons

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Flowers guide bees in ways invisible to human eyes. And the bees have some pretty sophisticated onboard equipment to detect those floral beacons.

• Magazine Article

  In Case of Fire, Follow the Ants

  

  Nov. 8, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Ant behavior may help us save lives. Creation is overflowing with such practical ideas and possible solutions to our most vexing problems.

• Magazine Article

  Butterflies on the Battlefield

  

  July 14, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  What if badges could change color in an explosion, giving doctors vital information about the severity of the shock?

• Magazine Department Article

  In Bed with Evolution?

  July 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
• Magazine Department Article

  Dinosaur Moth

  July 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Researchers on Australia’s Kangaroo Island have discovered a tiny moth they claim has remained essentially unchanged for 40 million years.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  The Origin of Fleas and the Genesis of Plague

  

  May 14, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Fleas are considered a nuisance. How can they be explained as a part of God’s very good creation?

• Magazine Department Article

  Periodical Cicadas—Synchronized Swarming

  

  March 22, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  What’s fascinating about periodical cicadas is their sheer numbers and the mysterious timing of their emergence from hiding.

• In-Depth Article

  In Bedbugs, Scientists Don’t See a Model of Evolution

  

  Feb. 13, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Research shows that bedbugs are still bedbugs. They don't demonstrate Darwinian evolution—they vary within their created kind to survive in a sin-cursed world.

• Magazine Article

  Metamorphosis—A Symphony of Miracles

  

  Feb. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Since the dawn of time, people have marveled at the caterpillar’s visible transformation into a butterfly.

• In-Depth Article

  Malaria-Carrying “Super Mosquitoes” Resist Insecticide

  

  Jan. 24, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Is the war on malaria plagued by “rapid evolution of insecticide resistance” in mosquitoes?

• Magazine Department Article

  The Indestructible Cockroach

  

  Jan. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Most people would be happy to live in a world without cockroaches. But even creatures we see as pests show God’s amazing designs.

• Magazine Article

  Solar-Powered Hornets

  

  Nov. 9, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Recently the abdomen of a certain hornet was discovered to have intricate structures that look like space-age solar panels.

• Magazine Article

  Ants—Millimeter Messengers

  

  Sept. 2, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  One reason ants are so successful is because of their ability to communicate with each other.

• Magazine Department Article

  Desert Dessert

  

  July 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Honeypot ants gorge until they can’t leave the nest.

• In-Depth Article

  Silence of the Crickets Speaks Volumes About Variation and Selection

  

  June 7, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Hawaiian cricket “evolution” into stealth mode saves them from extinction.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Little Wasps Evolve Big Eyes to Recognize Their Friends?

  

  May 26, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Evolution: Not just for survival anymore!

• In-Depth Article

  Molecular Basis of Aphid-Bacteria Nutritional Symbiosis Revealed

  May 22, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Sap-sucking insects get a nutritional leg up from bacterial symbionts.

• Magazine Article

  Fire-Chasing Beetles

  

  March 2, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  The Melanophila beetle is one of many creatures that actually hunt for fires.

• In-Depth Article

  Honeybees Navigate with a Map of Polarized Light

  Jan. 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.

• Fig Wasp Fossil Said to Pre-Date Figs by 65 Million Years

  Dec. 26, 2013 from News to Know

  Fig wasp fossil shows up too “soon” in the fossil record.

• Magazine Article

  Providential Provider

  

  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.

• How Do Leafhopper Legs Survive the Launch?

  April 6, 2013 from News to Know

  Discoveries about Leafhopper locomotion may provide useful lessons in biomechanics and robotics.

• Magazine Article

  Water Striders—Walking on Water

  

  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.