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Superbugs not super after all
‘Superbugs’ are seen by some as evidence of evolution in action but the truth is rather different.
by Carl Wieland
Beetle bloopers
Despite what evolutionists say, mutations are not evidence for evolution but rather evidence against it.
by Carl Wieland
Where have all the big fish gone?
If you’re a fisherman who reckons that fish are now smaller, and there are fewer of them around, you’re very likely right.
by David Catchpoole
The Sulawesi bear cuscus
What has eyes like a lemur, a body like a koala, is often called a ‘marsupial monkey’, and shares its island home with pigs and dwarf buffaloes?
by Paula Weston and Carl Wieland
Kamikaze caterpillars
Caterpillars that sign their own death warrant are a conundrum for evolution by natural selection
by Carl Wieland
Beetles … nature's workaholics
You can find beetles in almost any habitat occupied by other insects, munching on anything from snails to dung!
by Paula Weston
Natural selection ≠ evolution
An important equation people should be acquainted with.
by Marc Ambler
Bighorn horns not so big
Much to trophy-hunters’ disappointment, bighorn sheep on Ram Mountain are not what they were. But is it evolution?
by David Catchpoole
‘Parade of mutants’
Pedigree dogs, far from being the ‘most evolved’, are actually the sickest and most genetically impoverished.
by Lita Sanders
Poison-resistant tomcods and the meaning of ‘evolution’
A skeptic misunderstands what evolution is, and what is required to make it plausible.
by Carl Wieland
Rapid tomcod ‘evolution by pollution’?
There’s something ‘fishy’ about how the word ‘evolution’ is used …
by Carl Wieland
Tortoises of the Galápagos
Among the creatures most readily associated with the iconic evolutionary status of the Galápagos Islands are these lumbering armoured reptiles.
by Lita Cosner and Jonothan Sarfati