Tag: reptiles

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amniotic sac, babies, bats, birds, Caribbean, caves, Charles Darwin, childbirth, Coast to Coast AM, coincidences, contralateral control, evolution, fish, George Noory, heart, humans, intelligent design, mammals, Monarch butterflies, mothers, natural selection, Oppenheimer’s Demon, pelvic bone bridge, pelvic muscles, reptiles, Stone Age, theism, Wizard of Oz}

Late Night Fun with Evolution and Oppenheimer

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 28, 2026

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Bats by the millions would be falling from the roofs of caves if that ankle-locking design, an all-or-nothing proposition, had not come about all at once Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancestors, brain, Carl Sagan, complexity, crows, evolution, fish, flatscreen television, humans, Jack Reacher, limbic system, lizard brain, lizards, mammals, McGill University, neurobiologists, neuroscience, octopuses, Office for Science and Society, onions, ontogeny, pancakes, parrots, Paul D. MacLean, phylogeny, radio, reptile, reptiles, scientific hypotheses}

McGill University Refutes Pop-Psychology Claim that Humans Have a “Lizard Brain”

_{Casey Luskin
July 7, 2026

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The false belief traces back to the fact that Carl Sagan was one of its strongest proponents. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod, dinosaurs, Drew Gentry, endangered species, evolution, hawksbill sea turtle, humans, hypothermia, Indian Ocean, intelligent design, jellyfish, leatherback sea turtles, Mozambique Channel, reptiles, Scientific Reports, sea turtles, snapping turtle, snorkeling, Sumatra, tragedy of the commons, Turtle Conservation Technical Operating Unit, University of Alabama, zoology}

Oldest Ancestor of Modern Sea Turtles Was — A Sea Turtle

_{David Coppedge
January 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

6}

There are seven species of sea turtles in the world today, all beautifully designed and, sadly, all endangered. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amphibians, bacteria, birds, complexity, cryptochromes, electrons, fish, insects, intelligent design, magnetic compass, magnetic field, magnetite, magnetoreception, mammals, Monarch butterflies, navigation, reptiles, Science (journal), vertebrates, zoology}

Three Animal Magnetic Compass Mechanisms, All by Design

_{Eric Cassell
December 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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It appears likely that different animals are designed to detect the geomagnetic field using different mechanisms. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, armadillos, arthropods, beauty, beehive, biodiversity, biology, Biomimetics, butterfly wings, compound eyes, Darwinism, design, engineering, evolution, False Messiah, function, Gothic cathedrals, honeycomb, intelligent design, multifunctionality, Neil Thomas, phylogeny, reptiles, scales, sunflowers}

Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Zoology
Tagged
, animal rights, birds, capitalism, China, conservation, environment, fishing, human exceptionalism, humans, hunters, hunting, insects, nature, pollution, prey, reptiles, rodents, socialism, wildlife}

“Multispecies Society”: Get Ready for Wild Animals’ Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 25, 2025

Bioethics, Zoology

5}

The everything-has-rights radicals admit the truth of human exceptionalism while denying that it exists. Read More ›

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Zoology
Tagged
, biology, birds, eggs, evolution, fish, fleas, Francesco Redi, Giuseppe Sermonti, life, meat, microbes, Nobel Prize, reptiles, spontaneous generation, viruses, worms}

Francesco Redi and the Founding of Modern Biology

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
November 17, 2025

Biology, Zoology

4}

Why was it so important that the flea should have come out of an egg and not simply from filth? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, amphibians, birds, cars, cave bears, cephalopods, driving, fish, Flight, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, natural selection, reptiles, University of Sydney}

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 28, 2025

Archaeology, Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, alligators, birds, brains, cognition, crabs, crocodiles, evolution, fish, intelligence, intelligent design, lobsters, mammals, Max Planck Institute, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, octopus, reptiles, rodents, snakes}

Get Smart: Recognizing Reptile Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

Mammals, birds, and reptiles all developed different smart survival strategies on their own. It sounds like convergent evolution or intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, convergent evolution, evolutionary icons, Fossil Friday (series), Gondwana, Great Britain, Jonathan Wells, mammals, reptiles, South America, University of Bristol}

Fossil Friday: New Fossil Evidence Challenges Another Icon of Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
November 1, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

5}

This would have been very interesting news to my friend and colleague Jonathan Wells, who had described many such cases in his ground-breaking books. Read More ›