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Palawan Water Monitor Lizard
Photo: Palawan Water Monitor Lizard, by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›
elephant seal
Photo: Elephant seals, San Simeon Beach, by David Coppedge.

The Elephant Seal in the Room

You’ve heard about salmon, whales, and sea turtles. Now learn what the clumsy-looking elephant seal accomplishes navigation-wise. Read More ›
New Caledonian crow
Image: New Caledonian crow, by John Gerrard Keulemans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence

These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence. Read More ›
circular
Photo credit: Matheo JBT via Unsplash.

Khan Academy Video, “Evidence for Evolution,” Gives Circular Arguments for Common Ancestry

If you define homology as resulting from common ancestry, you can’t then turn around and use that as an argument for common ancestry. Read More ›
Upland goose
Photo: Upland geese, by Silvia Richardson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why the Main Argument Against Intelligent Design Is False

As Darwin argued, “we can hardly believe that the webbed feet of the upland goose or of the frigate-bird are of special use to these birds." Read More ›
eye
Photo credit: Perchek Industrie via Unsplash.

Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›
AFEWFLOWERS.1a
Photo credit: Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig.

Abstract: Lönnig on Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”

All orders and families of the angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record (the same for most lower systematic categories). Read More ›
Animal Algorithms
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Animal Algorithms — Webinar on Thursday with Eric Cassell, Casey Luskin

Charles Darwin conceded that such instincts are “so wonderful” that their origin would strike many as “a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.” Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Navigational Genius — Not Just for the Birds

While these theories may appear reasonable, given the complexity of the behavior it is unclear how a Darwinian process can be a plausible explanation. Read More ›
Animal Algorithms
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New Book, Animal Algorithms, Spells Fresh Trouble for Darwinism

The book is all about the buzzing, migrating, web-spinning, and colony-building world of ingenious animals. Read More ›

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