Biology

A review of Animal Algorithms by Eric Cassell.

The Pleuruptya ruralis caterpillar has a rapid escape strategy of curling itself into a wheel, and quickly rolling backwards.

Bones rebuild themselves continually along lines of structural stress. This explains why metal pins would fatigue and break after years of walking, but not bones.

These awesome orb weaver spiders are good dancers—and master web architects, too

Perfect design is a bad foil for thinking about supposed cases of bad design.

The presence of the warrah in the Falkland Islands can be explained better within the biblical timeframe.

Creation magazine has helped many to leave their doubts behind and enter into a confident, active Christian faith.

These bacteria precision-build magnetic navigation aids

Noah's Ark could not fit all of today's species. Rather, it took the biblical 'kinds' from which today's species descended. For more details watch the entire episode at: https://creation.com/cml9-06 [https://creation.com/cml9-06] Yes, speciation happens, but it is not evolution. For more details see the articles here: https://creation.com/speciation [https://creation.com/speciation]

Migrating birds use GPS based on Earth’s magnetic field

PhD anatomist David Kauffman says the human body is ‘ultra superior’ to manmade machines.

The death of the last remaining super-tusker elephants in Africa marks also the disappearance of the genes for large tusk size.

Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) can punch with a force 100 times its body weight causing cavitation damage, and has vision with 12 different colour receptors.

Tooth enamel is tough because rod and tuft structure prevents cracks propagating.

Geckos stick to surfaces with tiny hairs that attract by van der Waals forces, and come unstuck by controlling angle of the hairs and springy curved toes.

New discoveries at Saqqara, Egypt help shed light on ancient mummification practices, ancient chemistry, regional botany, and ancient global trade connections.