Tag: Biston betularia

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, birds, Biston betularia, body plans, branches, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Great Britain, Icons of Evolution, IFL Science, Jonathan Wells, Michael Majerus, moths, natural selection, New York Times, organs, peppered moths, Science and Culture Today, textbooks, trunks, Zombie Science}

Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biston betularia, central dogma, Current Biology, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jonathan Wells, Lepidoptera, MicroRNAs, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Nobel Prize, peppered moth, Richard Sternberg, Zombie Science (book)}

Nobel Prize vs. the Peppered Myth

_{David Coppedge
October 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Winners of the Nobel Prize this year have undercut the Darwinian explanation for industrial melanism. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Biston betularia, Christmas Eve, courage, creationists, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jerry Coyne, Michael Majerus, natural selection, Nature (journal), peppered moth, scientific evidence, textbooks, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne — An Evolutionist and His Ideology

_{Robert Shedinger
December 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At least some others have the courage to stand for what they believe even in the face of potential criticism. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biston betularia, Charles Darwin, Colorado, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic information, hopeful monster, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, positive selection, saltation, Stephen Meyer, UC Santa Barbara, Zombie Science (book)}

No “Hopeful Monster,” Flower Demonstrates Evolution by Subtraction

_{Science & Culture
February 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

7}

Evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, noticed something peculiar about the columbines in a region of Colorado. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Biston betularia, Brian K. Hall, butterflies, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fruit flies, gene regulation, gills, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Michael Majerus, moths, Rosemary Grant, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, wings, Zombie Science (book)}

Strickberger’s Evolution Textbook Promotes False Evolutionary Icons

_{Robert Shedinger
July 20, 2020

Evolution

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From crippled fruit flies we move to perhaps the most pervasive icon of them all, the peppered moth. Read More ›

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Date
September 12, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Biston betularia, calcium carbonate, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, camouflage, caterpillars, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Galápagos Islands, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Lund University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, peppered moths, Sweden, Thomas Nagel, trilobites, Zombie Science (book)}

Peppered Moths and More: Intelligent Design Takes Ownership of Evolution Icons

_{Science & Culture
September 12, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Darwinians never had a rightful claim to them in the first place. Read More ›