Tag: worms

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ambulacrarians, ancestors, bilaterians, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cambroernids, Charnia, China, chordates, cladogram, cnidarians, crinoid, ctenophores, Current Biology, Ediacaran strata, fossils, Haootia, holdfast, Jiangchuan Biota, kelp, mackenziid, Margaretia dorus, Precambrian, Profera, Science (journal), Scientific American, The Conversation, vermiform, worms}

Science Paper Overstates Case for “Diverse Assemblage of Bilaterians” in the Ediacaran

_{Casey Luskin
April 20, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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I suspect the bilaterian nature of this “most numerous” fossil will be challenged as more studies come out. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, arthropods, body plans, British Columbia, Burgess Shale, Burgess Shale Type, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Chengjiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, chordates, cnidarians, comb jellies, complex body plans, ctenophores, Darwin's Doubt, fossils, gills, guts, Han Zeng, Huayuan, Huayuan County, Huayuan site, James Woodford, jellyfish, Lagerstätte, lobopodians, magical thinking, Marble Canyon, molluscs, mutation/selection mechanism, Nature (journal), nerves, New Scientist, oxygen molecules, oxygen theory, poriferans, priapulids, Sinsk Event, soft tissues, transitional forms, worms}

Get to Know the Name: Huayuan Is a Major New Cambrian Fossil Site Found in China

_{David Coppedge
February 9, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Another Cambrian fossil site that rivals the original Burgess Shale has been announced to the world. 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
Kate Kavanaugh

Date
October 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Arthropoda, biology, churches, Creepy Crawly Complexity, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute Press, ecosystems, education, George Damoff, ID Education Day, Idaho, insects, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, Pedro Moura, private schools, roundworm, schools, spiders, Spokane, Tacoma, The God Proofs, Washington State, worms, zoology}

ID Education Day Is Coming to Tacoma, November 6!

_{Kate Kavanaugh
October 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education

2}

This is a fantastic field trip opportunity for middle and high school students in homeschool and private school settings to interact directly with scientists. Read More ›

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Author
Rt. Revd. Samuel Wilberforce

Date
April 7, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algae, animals, cats, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, descendants, Dogs, elephants, England, flies, grasses, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Joseph Hooker, Lucretius, mites, mosses, mushrooms, natural history, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, propositions, Quarterly Review, reasoning, Thomas Henry Huxley, variations, whales, worms}

“Into the Jungle of Fanciful Assumption”: Excerpts from Samuel Wilberforce on Darwin

_{Rt. Revd. Samuel Wilberforce
April 7, 2025

Botany, Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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"We have objected to the views with which we have been dealing solely on scientific grounds." Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, biology, C. elegans, caterpillar, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, Creepy Crawly Complexity, earthworms, ecosystem, education, educators, George Damoff, insects, Intelligent Design Education Day, parents, Pedro Moura, roundworms, science educators, Seattle, spiders, Spokane, Summer Seminar, Washington State, worms}

Latest — and Largest — Intelligent Design Education Day Explores “Creepy Crawly Complexity”

_{Daniel Reeves
March 27, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education

2}

Talks by three different scientists showcased the astonishing abundance, diversity, and complexity of insects, spiders, and worms. Read More ›

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Author
Kate Kavanaugh

Date
March 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adults, colony insects, culture, earthworms, education, events, evolution, insects, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Education Day, intelligent designer, roundworms, science, spiders, Spokane, students, worldview, worms}

Spiders and Worms and Insects — Oh My! Creepy, Crawly Complexity at ID Education Day

_{Kate Kavanaugh
March 7, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

This in-person event is a perfect field trip opportunity for students to engage with scientists and ID experts. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
May 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amphibians, animal behavior, animals, ants, bats, brains, crustaceans, fish, fruit flies, great apes, honeybees, invertebrates, mollusks, Nature (journal), Occam's Razor, pain, philosophers, play, reptiles, scientists, Thomas Nagel, vertebrates, worms}

Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

_{Eric Cassell
May 2, 2024

Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, dehumanization, evolutionary theory, Holy Grail, humans, humanzee, Nautilus, pain, Rob Sheldon, Soviet Union, Templeton Foundation, University of Washington, worms}

Return (Yet Again) of the Humanzee

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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So it comes down to a war on the human soul. Now, here’s the interesting part: Humans are self-evidently unique. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brains, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, chimpanzees, chromosomes, evolution, evolutionary tree, intelligence, mammals, octopuses, Tel Aviv University, worms}

Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Place in the Evolutionary Tree?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 8, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost "alien" species. Read More ›