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Whales, Bees, and Viruses: Intelligent Design from Biggest to Smallest 

What’s bigger than a blue whale? Smaller than a virus? At the extremes and everywhere in between, life shows ingenious design. Read More ›
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Photo: An aerial view of fairy circles in Western Australia, by Stephan Getzin/University of Göttingen, via EurkeAlert!

Fairy Circles, Spider Silk, Epigenetics, and More: Intelligent Design in the News

So-called “fairy circles” yielded to a natural explanation, according to a research team: they are abandoned termite mounds. Now, however, another natural theory is rising. Read More ›
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Photo: A humpback whale, by Christopher Michel, via Flickr.

The Biggest Sea Animals: Whaling for Evolution

The largest animals that ever lived defy simple evolutionary stories. Read More ›
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Photo: Golden eagle, by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, via Wikicommons.

Getting Around: Animal Migrations Exceed Evolutionary Expectations

How animals travel thousands of miles to destinations they have never seen continues to baffle scientists. Read More ›

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