Adaptation

From Flood Geology

Adaptation Not Evolution

Natural selection prefers one lot of information over another, leading to adaptation. However, selection by itself can choose only from what is there—it can’t create new, more complex, functional information needed to transform one type of creature into another.

Peppered Moths

The story of peppered moths has become an almost legendary illustration for natural selection. Millions have been taught that the workings that (allegedly) caused different colored varieties of peppered moths are exactly the same as the workings that (supposedly) produced “goo-to-you” evolution over billions of years.

Evolving Bedbugs?

New studies of bedbug genes offer the latest supposed example of evolution in action. The creatures are now able to survive pesticide applications a thousand times greater than what was lethal just a decade ago.

Rapid Evolution of Lizards

Five adult pairs of the Italian wall lizard were moved from one Croatian island to another in an experiment now revealed to have “shocking” results. When the scientists returned, plenty of “evolution” had happened. So-called “evolution” is possibly just natural selection acting on pre-existing genetic information, helping a population adapt to its surroundings.

News About Adaptation

• News

  How God-Given Adaptability Helped Crows and Ravens Take Over the World

  

  May 9, 2022 from Ken Ham Blog

  The title of a recent article predictably attributes the geographic success of ravens and crows to “evolution,” but in reality, what is discussed is adaptation.

Articles About Adaptation

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Variation and Adaptation in Guppies and Gambusia

  

  July 2, 2024 from Answers in Depth

  Although small, these fish are known to play an important role in the fight against malaria as they prey on mosquito larvae.

• Don’t Feed the Birds or They’ll Evolve

  

  Nov. 13, 2017

  According to researchers, the seedy proffering from bird feeders is driving the rapid evolution of bird species.

• Book Chapter

  1.6 Adaptation and Ecology: The Marvelous Fit of Organisms to Their Environments

  Feb. 27, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life

  There are literally thousands of examples of the unique adaptations that suit each type of organism for its special role in the web of life.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Humans Evolve from a Fish out of Water?

  Feb. 1, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Evolutionists proclaim discovery of the ancestral anatomy for air-breathing terrestrials in an African fish.

• Evolution of Snake Venom: A New Use for Old Genes?

  Dec. 23, 2013 from News to Know

  Cobra genome shows snake venom’s innocuous roots.

• Evolution of Snakes on the Fast Track

  Dec. 21, 2013 from News to Know

  Python said to relive its evolutionary past with every bite.

• Scorpion Venom Is No Match for Mighty Mouse

  Nov. 2, 2013 from News to Know

  Not a poison but a pain-killer, scorpion venom is a vain deterrent to hungry grasshopper mice.

• The Secret Lives of Frozen Frogs

  Sept. 5, 2013 from News to Know

  Freeze-tolerant frogs exhibit a complex array of adaptations perfectly tailored for harsh Alaskan winters.

• Lizards Begat Lizards

  July 25, 2013 from News to Know

  Evolutionists generally view “live-bearing” as an evolutionary advance over more primitive “egg-laying.”

• Paleo-Pest Said to Demonstrate How a Flea Evolved into a Flea

  July 15, 2013 from News to Know

  Where do fleas come from? From other fleas. But evolutionists have had a hard time constructing their history of the flea.

• Research Paper

  Conquering Cockroaches

  June 1, 2013 from News to Know

  Is evolution churning out smarter cockroaches skilled at evading and escaping your exterminator’s best tricks?

• Evolutionary Changes Said to Offer Insight on Wildlife

  April 13, 2013 from News to Know

  Rapidly occurring “hard-wired evolutionary changes” said to offer game-changing insights for wildlife management.

• Vipers’ Reproduction Like Virgin Birth at First Glance

  Oct. 29, 2011 from News to Know

  Sperm, or no sperm? That was the question.

• Giant Crested Rat Painted With Poison Sends Predators Packing

  Aug. 13, 2011 from News to Know

  The African crested rat, 14 inches long, would make a hearty meal for predators were it not for its well-advertised deterrent.

• Unisexual Lizards

  May 14, 2011 from News to Know

  Unisexual lizard species: evolutionary dead-end or created reproductive strategy?

• Don’t Let the Bedbugs Evolve

  Jan. 29, 2011 from News to Know

  Don’t let the bedbugs bite—or evolve.

• Australian Lizard: Live Birth and Eggs

  Sept. 4, 2010 from News to Know

  A strange Australian lizard that can, apparently, both give live birth and lay eggs: is it evolution “caught in the act”?

• Feathered Lice: Example of Evolution in Action?

  Aug. 28, 2010

  Are feather lice—like peppered moths—a black-and-white example of evolution in action?

• Island Evolves Lizards

  

  June 6, 2009 from News to Know

  Rapid evolution—“evolving in ways that would normally take millions of years to play out,” says National Geographic News. How does it confirm the Bible?

• Peppered moths—back on the agenda?

  Sept. 3, 2007

  Britain’s newspaper, The Independent ran a story on 25th August 2007 that Kettlewell’s famed peppered moth experiments had been vindicated as evidence of evolution occurring in nature.

• Peppered Moths V. 2.0

  Sept. 1, 2007

  Peppered moth experiments have been repeated and . . . confirmed? More inside.

• Mustard Plant Adaptation: Evolution or Selection?

  Jan. 13, 2007

  According to US scientists, fast-growing weeds have evolved over a few generations to adapt to climate change.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Evolution or Adaptation?

  Aug. 23, 2006 from Answers in Depth

  This news article states that this “provides evidence that evolution can occur in big leaps.”

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• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  “Evolution” of Finch Beaks—Again

  July 19, 2006 from Answers in Depth

  According to an ABC News article reporting on the July 14th issue of Science magazine, the beaks of Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos Islands have “evolved” yet again.

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• Magazine Article

  Adaptation

  March 1, 1992, pp. 13–14

  Adaptation of plants does not prove evolution.

• Magazine Article

  The Cat in the Crate

  Sept. 1, 1990, pp. 15–16

  Travelling can be tiring. Even a short catnap is welcome if you’re going a long way. But if you’re confined to a small space for a long time, as Mercedes the cat was, there’s not much else to do.

• Magazine Article

  How Do Animals Become Resistant to Poisons?

  Nov. 1, 1980, pp. 5–6

  Did you know that many Australian flies are just plain thick? This is not a reflection on the human population of the continent, but a statement of fact.

• Magazine Article

  Catch 22—Toxotes Chatareus

  Oct. 1, 1979, pp. 35–36

  Evolution often presents us with a Catch 22, the belief that the physical characteristics essential for the survival of animals arose by mutation and were fine-tuned by natural selection.