pipistrelle Type post Author Eric Cassell Date May 2, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , amphibians, animal behavior, animals, ants, bats, brains, Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, crustaceans, fish, fruit flies, great apes, honeybees, invertebrates, Mary Olmstead, mollusks, Nature (journal), Occam's Razor, pain, philosophers, play, reptiles, scientists, Thomas Nagel, tortoises, Valerie Kuhlmeier, vertebrates, worms Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness Eric Cassell May 2, 2024 Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 7 A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness. Read More ›
Tortoise Type post Author Paul Nelson Date March 8, 2023 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , Florida, Homer, intelligent design, naturalists, The Odyssey, tortoises, Travel, tunnels Postcard from Florida: When Tortoises Joust Paul Nelson March 8, 2023 Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 1 This fellow was peacefully grazing by himself, unlike his pugilistic cousins nearby. Read More ›
Turtle_Solnhofen Type post Author Günter Bechly Date July 1, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , Bavaria, China, convergence, Eunotosaurus, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Germany, intelligent design, lepidosaurs, Middle Permian, Middle Triassic, Neo-Darwinism, Pappochelys, phylogenetic reconstruction, reptiles, tortoises, turtles, Upper Jurassic Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down Günter Bechly July 1, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 8 Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Read More ›
