Darwin’s unpaid debt to Patrick Matthew
Did Darwin plagiarize Patrick Matthew's theory?
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The beauty of the peacock tail and the problems with the theory of sexual selection
Can sexual selection explain its beauty?
The last super-tusker?
Giant tusks have a giant meaning.
The magnificent ‘flying’ frog
Whether gliding or parachuting, these forest frogs are adapted to the air
Startling Sturddlefish
Sturddlefish or paddlegeon: inter-family hybridization between sturgeon and paddlefish and created kinds.
Over-engineering in nature: an evolutionary conundrum
Natural selection can only select for the attributes an organism needs to survive, so how is it that creatures are endowed with a whole lot more than necessary?
Rails derail Darwinism
Flightlessness is devolution, not evolution.
White Squirrels?
White squirrels appear in a handful of towns in North America. How did they get there? Is it evolution? Is white fur a beneficial mutation or a curse?
Species were designed to change, part 3
Not only can species change over time, but they can merge and split as well. This can be described with the ‘braided baramin’ concept.
Species were designed to change, part 2
Where do species come from? How much change is allowed? If species change, what separates creation from evolution?
Reclaiming the peppered moth
The capacity for dark colouring is now known to be in each moth; and its caterpillar can detect twig colour through its skin, changing its colour to match.
The green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii find safety in numbers by design
How the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii demonstrates multicellularity is a design feature.