Tag: peppered moths

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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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, biology textbooks, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, friendship, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, peppered moths, podcast, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, wisdom}

A Celebrated Life: Colleagues Remember Dr. Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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First to speak is Dr. John West, Managing Director of the CSC. Dr. West explains how Wells managed to be both brilliant AND understandable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. 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

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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Center for Science and Culture, Communism, Darwin's Finches, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, peppered moths, Phillip E. Johnson, San Francisco, Science Uprising, science writers, scientists, textbooks, The Myth of Junk DNA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Yale University, Zombie Science (book)}

Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Casey Luskin, CELS, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, Eric Anderson, evolution, finch beaks, ID the Future, intelligent design, macroevolution, microevolution, natural selection, peppered moths, podcast, unguided evolution}

Is Adaptation Actually a Fight to Stay the Same?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 26, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin pointed to small changes like finch beak size and peppered moth color as visible evidence of an unguided evolutionary process at work. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, cell biology, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, developmental biology, DiscoveryU, evolution, fossils, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, materialism, molecular biology, natural selection, online course, peppered moths, podcast, textbooks, whales}

Jonathan Wells Evaluates Darwinian Evolution in New Online Course

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 13, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

2}

How strong is the evidence for Darwinian evolution? What are the limits of the Darwinian mechanism? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution}

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

4}

At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos Islands, industrial melanism, macroevolution, microevolution, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

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 ›