Category: Zoology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 16, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, Albert Newen, anole lizards, Antonella Tramacere, Antonio Damasio, Axel Cleeremans, biology, Carlos Montemayor, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, Dogs, Eva Jablonka, experience, Gianmarco Maldarelli, horses, Jacques Singer, Jonathan Birch, Jonathon D. Crystal, Julio Hechavarria, Kristin Andrews, Krzysztof Dołęga, Lars Chittka, Léa Moncoucy, Lucia Melloni, Maxime Janbon, memory, neuroscience, Nicholas Humphrey, Noam Miller, Olga Dyakova, Onur Güntürkün, philosophy, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Royal Society, Sarah Skeels, self-awareness, Simon Alexander Burns Brown, Simona Ginsburg, T. S. Eliot, Yuranny Cabral-Calderin}

What Is Consciousness For? Sixteen Theories Take a Crack at the Question

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 16, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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It sounds like we do not really know what we are looking for, which will doubtless complicate efforts to find it. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Africa, ball-and-socket joints, cervical vertebrae, Congo Basin, embryological development, engineering, engineers, evolutionary adaptation, evolutionary theory, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, hero shrew, human embryo, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, nervous system, neural plate, neural systems, sloth, spinal columns, spinal cord, spine, synchronization, vertebrae, vertebral column}

The Spine, Human and Otherwise: A Miracle of Embryological Development

_{Stuart Burgess
March 19, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Zoology

5}

The sloth has ten neck vertebrae whereas almost all other mammals have seven. The sloth’s extra vertebrae allow it to swivel its neck almost all the way around Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 16, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amplitude, Andrew Schultz, Asian elephants, biology, cats, curb feelers, engineering, finite element analysis, frequency, interoception, Katherine Kuchenbecker, Marc S. Lavine, material intelligence, materials, Max Planck Institute, mechanosensors, medical devices, Merkel cells, neuroscience, peanut, potato chip, power, rat whiskers, rats, rodents, Science (journal), sensory neurons, stiffness gradient, vibrotactile signals, whisker breakage, whisker hairs}

Research Reveals Elephant’s Amazing Sense of Touch

_{David Coppedge
March 16, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

8}

Elephants can turn over a jeep and pull down a tree, but they can also pick up a potato chip without breaking it. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, abrupt appearance, ancestors, bedtime story, blood circulation, cells, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, heart, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, missing link, okapi, Samotherium major, taxon, transitional fossils, variations, vertebrae, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 28, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

2}

The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, common descent, common design, environmental shifts, evolutionary lineage, evolutionary sequence, fossil record, geneticists, geological evidence, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, ID the Future, intermediates, Neo-Darwinism, Samotherium major, silos, stasis, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Giraffes and the Fossil Record: Bad News for Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

2}

Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig highlights the discrepancies in the fossil record that cause the traditional Darwinian narrative to unravel. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
February 17, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, Apis mellifera, bees, behavior, behavioral decisions, brain, communication systems, decision-making, depth, engineering, flower print, flowers, food, foraging, honeybees, intelligent design, Lars Chittka, learning, mantids, memory, mimicry, nectar, noise, pollen, predators, primates, psychology, punishment, quinine, Radar, reward, signal-to-noise ratio, spiders, sugar, trade-offs, University of Sheffield, vegetation, World War II}

Sophistication of Bee Decision-Making Is a Mystery, Unless Design Hypothesis Is Permitted

_{Eric Cassell
February 17, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

8}

Distinguishing a real flower from a flower print on a woman’s dress can come into play, possibly requiring some experimental probing. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, BBC News, breaching, Captain Dave Anderson, curiosity, Darwinian evolution, dinosaurs, dolphins, Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species Research, fingerprint, fins, fishing companies, fishing gear, flukes, ghost fishing, Glacier Bay, governments, great white sharks, Hudson River, humpback whales, intelligence, Live Science, mammals, marine biologists, Martin Stelfox, migration, mugging, National Geographic, New Jersey, new york, New York City, North Atlantic, North Pacific, Oregon State University, parasites, right whales, sea turtles, shark nets, splashing, testes, tour boats, University of Queensland, vocal communications, vocalizations, whale calf, whales}

We Are Still Learning About the Wonderful Design of Humpback Whales

_{David Coppedge
February 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

6}

Design aspects of whales defy explanations based on Darwinian evolution, such as their complex vocal communications and the internal testes of the males. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Adrian Smith, Ant Lab, Arthropoda, collophore, convergent evolution, Cyrille D’Haese, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, deserts, dry deserts, engineers, evolution, evolutionists, fungus, furcula, Günter Bechly, gymnasts, habitats, Harvard University, ice deserts, intelligent design, Mark Stevens, Mollusca, mouthparts, rotting wood, science fair, sea slugs, Spain, springtails, stasis, Subterranean Biology, The Conversation, Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society}

More to Love about Springtails, Those Adorable Gymnasts

_{David Coppedge
January 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

7}

Does it have to be called an “evolutionary success” instead of a success? The word “evolutionary” performs no function. It is also contrary to the evidence. Read More ›

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Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, Ana Silva, bioRxiv, cell cleavage, chaetae, clades, cladogenesis, common ancestor, Current Biology, deuterostomes, embryologists, evolution, larval types, Max Telford, metazoans, paleontology, phyla, pre-publication MS, segmentation, shells, spiral cleavage, spiral pattern, Spiralia, superclade, synapomorphies, taxonomic category, textbooks, University College London, Waldemar Schleip, zoology}

Giving Up on the Branching Order of Spiralia: More Findings from Max Telford’s Group

_{Science & Culture
January 27, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

3}

The open agnosticism in this new MS is a short step away from throwing in the towel entirely, at an even more radical level. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod, dinosaurs, Drew Gentry, endangered species, evolution, hawksbill sea turtle, humans, hypothermia, Indian Ocean, intelligent design, jellyfish, leatherback sea turtles, Mozambique Channel, reptiles, Scientific Reports, sea turtles, snapping turtle, snorkeling, Sumatra, tragedy of the commons, Turtle Conservation Technical Operating Unit, University of Alabama, zoology}

Oldest Ancestor of Modern Sea Turtles Was — A Sea Turtle

_{David Coppedge
January 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

6}

There are seven species of sea turtles in the world today, all beautifully designed and, sadly, all endangered. Read More ›