Tag: moths

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, allele sharing, butterflies, Chetone moth, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, deduction, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary tree, explanatory power, genes, genetic switches, genetic traits, Heliconius numata, inference, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Lepidoptera, Life’s Solution, moths, mutations, natural selection, paradigm, PLOS Biology, Richard Dawkins, Science Daily, Simon Conway Morris, technology, The Blind Watchmaker}

Extraordinary Genetic Convergent Evolution in Moths and Butterflies

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The practice of re-usage of functional parts in different systems is “ubiquitous” in human-designed technology just as convergence is “ubiquitous” in biology. Read More ›

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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
Eric Cassell

Date
October 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, algorithms, Australia, compass, Drosophila melanogaster, fruit flies, intelligent design, Milky Way, Monarch butterflies, moths, navigation, polarization}

Animal Algorithms: Moth Celestial Navigation

_{Eric Cassell
October 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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The origin, genetic inheritance, and how such algorithms are programmed in the brain remains a mystery. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Oparin, bacteria, butterflies, fitness, genetic mutations, Heliconius, Icons of Evolution, inheritance, Jonathan Wells, Lepidopterans, mainstream media, materialism, MicroRNAs, moths, peppered moths, RNAs, Science (journal), selection, Stanley L. Miller, Zombie Science (book)}

Darwin’s Zombies Are Still Shambling Along

_{David Coppedge
January 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

When will scientists and reporters learn not to trot out these falsified stories? Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, amino acids, bones, butterflies, campfire, Carl Jung, clouds, coincidences, Discovery Institute, Doctor's Diary (series), enzyme, femur, Florence, glucose, Harvest House, ice, iron, Michael Denton, moths, Mount Rushmore, nucleotide, Oregon, oxygen, Pacific Northwest, potassium, sodium, synchronicity, The Design Inference, vitamin B12, water, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski}

Doctor’s Diary: No Such Thing as a Coincidence

_{Geoffrey Simmons
December 3, 2024

Botany, Life Sciences, Medicine

11}

I find coincidences everywhere I look, all the time. Consider a simple blade of grass. One could write a long treatise about the simultaneous goings-on therein. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 13, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, beetles, bugs, butterflies, caterpillars, cockroaches, Current Biology, ecosystems, flies, Metamorphosis, mollusks, Monash University, moths, Nature Communications, pollinators, proteins, snails, Space Force, spiders, wasps}

Intelligent Design in Unlovable Creatures

_{David Coppedge
September 13, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Between cells and humans, there are millions of "ugly duckling" species that are beautiful in their own way. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", competition, depression, education, evolution, heart disease, human evolution, lizards, moths, natural selection, poverty, undirected process, United Kingdom}

“Human Evolution” Is a Misnomer

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 11, 2022

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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A new study claims that “natural selection” is making society more unequal because it is favoring those with poorer education and lower earnings. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, actuators, dandelions, Darwinians, humidity, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, Imperial College London, intelligent design, Japan, Madagascar, moths, Nature Communications, On the Origin of Species, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, seals, spider silk, spiders, thermostats, University of Bristol, Wikipedia, Yale University}

Dandelions, Darwin’s Bark Spider, and More: No Shortage of Biological Wonders

_{David Coppedge
June 28, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

Those of us who find purpose in biology instead of random tinkering will not run out of material to get excited about any time soon. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, bats, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Current Biology, Darwinism, embryos, intelligent design, moths, Nature (journal), Nature Microbiology, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, scientists}

There’s Implicit ID Research on COVID-19; What About Explicit?

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

5}

The reason for the relative silence on the origin of COVID by explicit ID scientists is simple. 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

8}

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