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The Sulawesi bear cuscus

The Sulawesi bear cuscus

The Sulawesi Bear Cuscus is a marsupial that stretches the evolutionary paradigm to breaking point.
Article
04 Jun, 2014
The peacock tail

The peacock tail

Sexual selection fails to explain the beauty of the peacock tail.
Article
05 Aug, 2023
Galapagos tortoises

Galapagos tortoises

Galápagos giant tortoises are an icon of Darwinism. But they merely refute the Lyellian fixity of species idea; natural selection and variation are part of the creation model
Article
07 Feb, 2011
Last supertusker

Last supertusker

The death of the last remaining super-tusker elephants in Africa marks also the disappearance of the genes for large tusk size.
Article
05 Apr, 2023
Superbugs not super after all

Superbugs not super after all

Do superbugs prove evolution?
Article
30 Dec, 2015
The evolution train’s a-comin’

The evolution train’s a-comin’

All observed genetic change is in the wrong direction for evolution.
Article
28 Dec, 2016
Flightless insects on windswept islands

Flightless insects on windswept islands

Loss of flight is an advantage for insects on a windswept island
Article
16 Sep, 2015
The magnificent ‘flying’ frog

The magnificent ‘flying’ frog

Wallace’s flying frog can glide up to 15 metres (50 feet).
Article
16 May, 2022
Kamikaze caterpillars

Kamikaze caterpillars

When moth caterpillars begin eating tobacco leaves, big-eyed bugs quickly come, attracted by a chemical release caused by the caterpillars, not the plant---a conundrum for evolution by natural selection
Article
30 Dec, 2013
Startling Sturddlefish

Startling Sturddlefish

Sturddlefish or paddlegeon: inter-family hybridization between sturgeon and paddlefish and created kinds.
Article
20 Dec, 2021
Lizard losers (and winners)

Lizard losers (and winners)

Anole lizards on the Bahamas are not evolving.
Article
21 Feb, 2007
Over-engineering in nature: an evolutionary conundrum

Over-engineering in nature: an evolutionary conundrum

Super-engineering in nature is a major conundrum for evolutionary theory.
Article
23 Nov, 2021
Loss of flight in rails is not evolution

Loss of flight in rails is not evolution

Loss of flight in railbirds is an example of devolution, not evolution.
Article
13 Oct, 2021
White Squirrels

White Squirrels

White squirrels are rare and the result of mutations, but how do they survive?
Article
30 Sep, 2021
Killifish survivors are ‘losers’

Killifish survivors are ‘losers’

Killifish able to survive industrial pollution have a mutation that deactivates a key molecular pathway.
Article
13 Feb, 2019
Species were designed to change, part 3

Species were designed to change, part 3

Species change over time, they also hybridize and split, according to the ‘braided baramin’ concept.
Article
12 Aug, 2021