Plants
Did Plants Die Before the Fall?
We commonly use the word die to describe when plants, animals, or humans no longer function biologically. However, this is not the definition of the word die or death in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for die is used only in relation to the death of man or animals with the breath of life, not regarding plants.
Carnivorous Plants
More than 600 species of plants are known to be carnivorous. Today’s carnivorous plants show just how topsy-turvy the world has become. After Adam’s rebellion, God cursed the earth so that it would bring forth “thorns and thistles”. Plants once meant for good can now cause harm.
Evolution of Flowers
Darwin considered the floral biodiversity in the fossil record to be an “abominable mystery” as he could not understand how such variety could appear all at once through evolutionary processes. Evolutionists since Darwin’s time have puzzled over how so many sorts of flowers could evolve so quickly.
Photosynthesis—A Manufacturing Process Like None Other
The ability of plants to produce food from the sun (photosynthesis) is one of the most important and complex biological processes known to scientists. By God’s design, we have more than just spinach to eat. No, The Creator filled the earth with an unimaginable variety and abundance of foods.
News About Plants
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Oct. 3, 2024 from Ken Ham Blog
Archaeologists found a seed believed to be about 1,000 years old in a cave and decided to plant it—and now 14 years later they have a 10-foot-tall tree growing.
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July 5, 2024 from Ken Ham Blog
According to new research, plants do possess a form of “intelligence”—but can we go as far as some researchers and say they are “conscious”?
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April 18, 2024 from Ken Ham Blog
The evolutionary model is not clear about when flowering plants arrived on earth. Evolutionists remain unsure when the angiosperms emerged.
Articles About Plants
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Sept. 29, 2024 from Answers Magazine
Down the road and around the world, coffee connects a community of people.
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July 2, 2023 from Answers Magazine
Flowers aren’t just pretty trinkets we enjoy for a moment. They’re among the most remarkable structures in nature.
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July 1, 2023 from Answers Magazine
Enjoy caring for your own succulents at home—and let their wild varieties remind you of their Designer’s inexhaustible creativity.
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May 21, 2023 from Answers Magazine
From floods and volcanoes to insect swarms, ice storms, and clear-cutting, a devastating variety of environmental disasters threaten forests all over the world.
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Oct. 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine
A host of organisms enjoy a five-star stay in one of the most intricate ecosystems on earth.
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April 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine
The journey each seed takes from its source to its destination illustrates the Creator’s design.
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Oct. 1, 2021 from Answers Magazine
In a fallen world where it’s eat or be eaten, even plants need protection.
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July 1, 2021 from Answers Magazine
If you have ever tried to keep one of these plants, you know they are tricky to grow.
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Nov. 7, 2020 from The New Answers Book 4
Many accuse GMOs of being unhealthy foods that should not be sold without warning labels. In reality, the real problem is not usually the GMO itself, but the actual food product.
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July 5, 2020 from Answers Magazine
God placed within small seeds an astonishing ability to move mountains, which even pyramid builders sought to imitate.
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Feb. 12, 2020 from Answers in Depth
An overview of carnivorous plants, differing mechanisms in plants, and whether carnivorous plants contradict the “very good” original creation in Genesis.
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Jan. 1, 2020 from Answers Magazine
Giant sequoias are some of the oldest and largest living organisms on earth.
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Nov. 22, 2019 from Answers in Depth
In light of a perfect pre-fall creation, parasitic plants may appear to be a thorny issue for a biblical worldview. But, digging deeper reveals a more biblical understanding.
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Nov. 5, 2019 from Answers in Depth
Plants communicate in many ways. This article discusses some of the documented “under-the-table” communications.
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Oct. 8, 2019 from Answers in Depth
Since plants are unable to simply get up and walk, or even shout when in danger, we often think of plants as passive.
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Oct. 5, 2019 from The New Answers Book 4
Do plants and leaves die? What is the difference between plants and animals or man? For a biblical answer, we need to look at the phrase nephesh chayyah.
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Sept. 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine
What if we could find an efficient process that extracted a pure source of power—hydrogen gas—directly out of water.
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July 2, 2019 from Ken Ham Blog
According to a recent New York Times article, a species of bush tomato from Australia somehow shows that the “sexual binary” is “a fallacy.”
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June 2, 2019 from Answers Magazine
God wove even the harshest elements of the Curse into His beautiful plan.
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May 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine
After God cursed the earth, the war between man and weeds began. And the weeds seem to have the upper hand.
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Feb. 8, 2019 from Answers in Depth
Since an increase of information is needed for molecules-to-man evolution, evolutionists postulate polyploidy as a means for this.
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May 27, 2018 from Answers Magazine
The master Engineer provided all the parts for plastics, long before the modern Plastic Age began.
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May 18, 2018 from Answers Magazine
Creationists get so focused on finding evidence of design in individual organisms that they overlook the bigger picture—design of the ecosystems.
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April 27, 2018 from Answers Magazine
Forests are nurseries of health and well-being. New discoveries are showing that this doesn’t happen by accident. The trees are working together.
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Jan. 31, 2018 from Answers in Depth
How should young-earth creationists explain the formation of highly specific relationships between plants and insects?
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March 12, 2017 from Answers Magazine
Some realities of nature are so common that we don’t even stop to ask why. Like round trees.
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Feb. 28, 2017 from Answers in Depth
This article addresses these and other questions regarding post-Flood plant survival and dispersal, and consider mechanisms by which this may have occurred.
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Jan. 2, 2017 from Answers Magazine
One-third of the world’s sugar comes from the lowly sugar beet. But God stored other treasures in this tuber, which we’re just beginning to exploit.
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Oct. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine
Beautifully preserved fossils are so common that we overlook how unusual they are.
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July 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine
A Venus flytrap isn’t interested in eating salad. It’s waiting for signs of fresh meat.
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Magazine Department ArticleAncient Blobs of the AndesApril 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine
Strange green blobs are taking over the Atacama Desert in the Chilean Andes.
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Jan. 3, 2016 from Answers Magazine
Can you imagine a plant that is nutritious, grows rapidly without special care, has medicinal value, and provides chemicals to purify water in remote places?
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Oct. 11, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The rich and vibrant greens of the forest canopy delight our eyes. But did you know that these leaves are hiding something they won’t reveal until fall?
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Magazine Department ArticleRock GardenJuly 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Imagine a plant trying to hide from being eaten in the brown desert.
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June 14, 2015 from Answers Magazine
This marvel of miniature design is set by tiny plants, called bladderworts, which seek to supplement their diet.
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Oct. 26, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Jewish scientists have discovered an amazing species of rhubarb that “irrigates itself” through the advanced irrigation system on its broad leaves.
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Oct. 18, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Are autumn’s colors explained by the Yucatan impact crater?
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Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
God constructed the lotus with the most advanced nanotechnology imaginable.
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