A Catastrophic Breakup | Answers in Genesis When you look at a globe, have you ever thought that the earth looks cracked? Or, maybe the continents have reminded you of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
When Is the Big One Coming? | Answers in Genesis In 1906, a massive earthquake shook San Francisco. Some people fear the next big one is due. What do seismologists predict, and what does Scripture say?
Ancient Supercontinent | Answers in Genesis Every student in US public schools will likely
come across illustrations claiming the earth’s tectonic plates have been
moving slowly for millions of years.
A Constructive Quest for Truth | Answers in Genesis When one examines Michael Oard’s own alternative explanations for the tectonic features of the Earth, it should be plain he is not concerned with serious alternatives to the paradigm he is attacking.
Dealing Carefully with the Data | Answers in Genesis Michael Oard’s first contribution in this forum lays out a valid criticism of uniformitarian plate tectonics—namely the quantity and character of the sediments in the deep ocean trenches.
'Nucha' and Plate Tectonics | Answers in Genesis This bias against the plate tectonics paradigm has developed after examining the paradigm for 25 years. I find many serious problems with it that I have recently catalogued.
Crimson Cascade | Answers in Genesis This crimson cascade offers a majestic reminder of God’s global flood of judgment—but also of the blood of Christ who died to one day redeem our fallen world.
Raising the Rocky Mountains | Answers in Genesis Creation geologists use God’s Word, which details the Creator’s eyewitness account of creation and the flood, thus providing a clearer account of the Rockies’ formation.
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In the Garden | Answers in Genesis The grandeur of this rocky garden reveals the righteousness of the one true God who judged the world with a global flood, changing earth’s landscapes forever.
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God’s Provision for Pottery | Answers in Genesis Unlike soil and dirt, which crumble when you pick them up, God created clay with plasticity, the ability to be molded. And when this clay is fired, it transforms chemically into ceramic—a durable substance that can’t be turned back into clay.
Uniformity or Catastrophe? | Answers in Genesis Most creation scientists agree that the continents were probably once together, for the most part, in a super-continent based on Genesis 1:9.
Beauty Beneath the Desert | Answers in Genesis Slot canyons, like this one in Arizona’s world-famous
Antelope Canyon, are hidden just below
the desert surface, waiting to delight our eyes.
Fine Gems—Grown in Minutes? | Answers in Genesis Rice University researchers discover some fine gems can be grown in minutes and hours, not hundreds of thousands of years according to standard, secular timescales.
Days of Creation | Answers in Genesis Did God really create everything in six literal, 24-hour days? A study of the Hebrew text and biblical teaching as a whole reveals that He did!
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Six Literal Days | Answers in Genesis Did God create the whole universe, including the original plants, animals, and first two people (Adam and Eve) in six literal 24-hour days?
Days Without a Sun? | Answers in Genesis In Genesis 1:3–5, we are greeted with light. According to most commentators, the light was either created or manifested by God himself. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive at Answers in Genesis is about this passage and specifically the question, “What was the light source on days one through three if not the sun?”
Why Is a Week Seven Days? | Answers in Genesis A biblical overview for why our week is only seven days, how the secular world explains it, and the benefits we enjoy from God’s ordained work-rest weekly pattern
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Is the Seventh Day 24-Hours Long? | Answers in Genesis There are many objections to the days in Genesis 1 being 24 hours. Many old-earth creationists believe their “silver bullet” argument concerns the seventh day. Does the fact that day seven lacks “evening and morning” mean it is not an ordinary, 24-hour day, and can we give an adequate account for its absence?
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Feedback: Why Wasn’t Day Two Declared “Good”? | Answers in Genesis The account of what God created on day two of creation week is found in Genesis 1:6–8. Unlike the other five days of creation week, God does not look over what he has made and see that it was “good.” Some people have wondered why God doesn’t specifically say that this day was good.
In The Space of Six Days? | Answers in Genesis The words in the space of six days came from John Calvin’s comments on Genesis. But was Calvin unclear about the length of the days of creation?
I Dare You to Publish This | Answers in Genesis In this week’s feedback article Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S. responds to someone who dared us to publish his comments about too many events allegedly happening on Day Six.
Days of Revelation or Creation? | Answers in Genesis This article is a discussion of a new theory concerning the 6 days of creation and how they could be where God revealed facts about his creation but did not necessarily create.
Why Did God Take Six Days? | Answers in Genesis When people accept at face value what Genesis is teaching and accept the days as ordinary days, they will have no problem understanding what the rest of Genesis is all about.
Sizing the Day | Answers in Genesis This volume is the most recent in a spate of publications presenting multiple views on Genesis and creation. This one focuses on what the Bible says about the length of the creation days.
When Did Time Begin? | Answers in Genesis Did time begin on Day Four when God created the sun, moon, and stars? After all, the Bible doesn’t give an exact date for creation. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., addresses this misconception.
Our Rallying Cry | Answers in Genesis Our Culture sees many in the church compromising Scripture with millions of years, the big bang, etc. The result: the authority of the Bible in the culture has been undermined.
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“Hocus Pocus” | Answers in Genesis AiG received a number of letters and e-mails from people dismayed and shocked by Pat Robertson‘s recent comments on a couple of TV programs about those who believe in the six literal days of Creation.
Professors: A Day Means a Day! | Answers in Genesis Charles Darwin observed coral atolls in the south seas which were more than 1,000 metres (3,000 feet) thick. He believed that this proved that millions of years must have elapsed.
Death Before Sin? | Answers in Genesis Genesis 1 reveals that God’s original creation was “very good.” Death and suffering are the result of Adam’s sin—we can’t blame God for it.
Animal Death Before the Fall? | Answers in Genesis Did animals die before the fall? The short answer is “no,” but let’s unpack that answer. There are several reasons we believe animals did not die before the fall.
2.5 The Origin of Death (OB5) | Answers in Genesis The tragic effect that evolution and its view of death has on evolutionists becomes quite clear. The danger of eternal death is eclipsed, and many people miss the offer of salvation.
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Spiritual Death | Answers in Genesis While agreeing with most of what Kulikovsky says, I was surprised to find that he had difficulty accepting the concept of spiritual death since this is clearly stated in Scripture.
Six Days or Billions of Years... | Answers in Genesis As a Christian, do you clearly understand why young-earth creationists believe that a billions-of-years-old earth is incompatible with the Bible? Most Christians do not.
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Fossils | Answers in Genesis Is the fossil record millions of years old, or is it powerful evidence for the global Flood of Genesis? And where are the transitional fossils and missing links?
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How Are Fossils Formed? | Answers in Genesis Do fossils really require millions of years to form? The evidence shouts no! A lot of water and a little bit of time rapidly laid down the fossil record.
Petrified Animals Died Quickly | Answers in Genesis A team examining a fossil deposit in the Canadian Rockies has determined that the fossil “bonanza” was buried by a rapid, muddy “miracle of preservation.”
Ken Ham Solves Great Paleontological Mystery | Answers in Genesis Tucked away in the corner of a museum in Japan is a slab of limey shale. This rock features something incredible—259 fish, with scales, eyes, and fins—frozen as if in mid-swim. It appears these fish were preserved in the position they were in the instant they died. But how on earth is this possible?
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Fossils in Just 24 Hours? | Answers in Genesis When you hear about fossils, it’s generally within the context of hundreds of thousands or millions of years. Indeed, a recent news article on lab-made fossils began with “fossils are certainly fascinating, but [they] do take rather a long time to form.” But what did the lab-made fossils demonstrate?
Unusual Fossilized Creatures | Answers in Genesis Once again, scientists have discovered the “remarkably well preserved” fossilized remains of creatures that, it would seem, shouldn’t have fossilized in the first place.
Soft Tissue Fossilization | Answers in Genesis Fossilization occurs rapidly when the conditions are right. The conditions necessary for lithification of soft tissue give clues to unlock the history of a fossil deposit.
Exploding Fish | Answers in Genesis Because so many beautiful specimens have been harvested from the Green River Formation, few realize that many of the fish remains are far from perfect.
The Amazing Stone Bears of Yorkshire | Answers in Genesis When Vet author James Herriot wrote about life in Yorkshire last centrury, he probably had no idea that this area of England held a fascinating key to unlocking one of the myths of evolution's long-ag
Rapid Fossils | Answers in Genesis This is a sketch of the fossilized skull of a reptilian predator (Hypopnous squaliceps) with remains of its prey still lodged in its mouth! This remarkable preservation was found in the Permian beds.
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Petrified Waterwheel | Answers in Genesis Tourists who visit Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia are astonished at the sight of this waterwheel which has become entombed in solid rock in less than 65 years.
Types of Fossils | Answers in Genesis The fossil record shows more biodiversity than our current ecosystems. This incredible diversity clearly demonstrates the handiwork of the Creator!
Fossil Flies with Human-Like Eyes? | Answers in Genesis Convergent evolution—it’s the term used to describe similar features that have supposedly arisen in organisms separated by vast evolutionary distances due to environments or stressors. And the newest example of so-called “convergent evolution” is the eyes of crane flies and humans, as revealed by the fossil record.
What Kinds? | Answers in Genesis According to evolution, the boundaries between kinds should blur as we look further and further back into their fossil history.
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Fossil Plants | Answers in Genesis Did you ever wonder what kind of plants the dinosaurs tromped around on? The answer may surprise you.
Trilobites Fossilized “While Playing ‘Follow the Leader’” | Answers in Genesis Scientists studying fossil deposits in Morocco recently announced a stunning new find—a series of trilobites (believed to be extinct sea creatures), fossilized in a single-file line. That’s the observational evidence. That’s the observational evidence. But how to understand these fossils is a matter of interpretation.
Surprise: “Oldest” Fossil Lily Looks Just Like a Lily | Answers in Genesis SEO Description: Creationists were shocked to read a news article about the evolution of lilies—astonishingly, a fossilized lily, the supposed oldest ever discovered, looked just like . . a lily. The evolution is incredible! So that was very tongue-in-cheek, of course—we weren’t surprised to see that lilies have always been . . well . . lilies!
Fossil Record | Answers in Genesis The fossil record, billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth, is dramatic evidence of the historicity of Noah’s Flood.
Where Are All the Pre-flood Human Fossils? | Answers in Genesis If there really was a global flood as described in Genesis, what would we expect to see today? Billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth. And that is exactly what we do see. But where are all the fossils of pre-flood humans?
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The Fossil Record | Answers in Genesis Extensive fossil graveyards and coal deposits are more consistent with a global catastrophe than with slow and steady processes over millions of years.
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Disharmonious Fossils | Answers in Genesis Though evolutionists point to the fossil record, fossils are often found where they are not expected which frequently cause revisions to their timelines.
What Do the Fossils Say? | Answers in Genesis What does the fossil evidence say, and does it really support the evolutionary view of origins—or is it perhaps more consistent with Creation?
God of the Gaps | Answers in Genesis If minor variations in species have produced all the differences we see today, where's the evidence in the fossil record?
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Not-So-Ancient Algae | Answers in Genesis Tiny fossils of algae found at the edge of Loch Torridon in Scotland have been hailed as evidence that life evolved in freshwater and on land a billion years ago.
Microraptor Discovered with Lizard in Its Belly | Answers in Genesis Recently, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of lizard inside the stomach of a microraptor, what they call a type of supposedly “gliding dinosaur.” The researchers believe these fossils were buried during a series of volcanic explosions some 130 million years ago. But there’s a better explanation!
Fossil Bird Uncovered with Unlaid Egg Inside | Answers in Genesis After examining a fossil left in a box in storage for ten years, scientists made a surprising discovery—this fossilized bird was preserved with her unlaid egg still inside her. There was also evidence of medullary bone, “a calcium-bearing tissue that aids in eggshell formation.”
Mystery of Flowering Plants Solved? | Answers in Genesis Evolutionists take another stab at answering what Charles Darwin called an “abominable mystery”: the abrupt appearance and ubiquity of flowering plants in the fossil record and on earth.
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Sophisticated Sea Scorpions | Answers in Genesis Who were the first tool users: Humans? Apes? Crows? No, say evolutionists; it may have been “scorpion-like sea beasts” (and no, they’re not kidding)!
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Transitional Fossils | Answers in Genesis Evolution predicts a fossil record bursting with transitional fossils. Curiously, there are only a handful of highly-disputed fossils that are claimed as such.
Feet of Imagination | Answers in Genesis “Little Foot” is an australopithecine (southern ape), the most complete specimen yet discovered, and some say the oldest.
Digging up Dirt on Ida? | Answers in Genesis Did AiG nefariously trade on the authority of “real” scientists with our Ida coverage and imply that those scientists agreed with us on more than just the fossil?
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Did Fingers and Toes Originate From Fins? | Answers in Genesis Evolutionary scientists have discovered the origin of fingers and toes: fishlike creatures that swam the seas hundreds of millions of years ago. So what exactly was the science behind the discovery, which was reported in Nature?
Glee Club | Answers in Genesis A chorus of secular media outlets were gloating a few weeks ago in the discovery of a supposed “missing link” between fish and land-dwelling creatures.
Those Fossils Are a Problem | Answers in Genesis Dr David Pilbeam came to the attention of the scientific community as being an objective scientist when he wrote an article for Human Nature magazine, entitled, ‘Rearranging Our Family Tree’.
Living Fossils Topic | Answers in Genesis Living fossils, organisms previously known only through the fossil record and having no close living relatives, pose a grim threat to the evolutionary paradigm.
What About Living Fossils? | Answers in Genesis “Living fossils” are organisms that can be found both living in the world today and also found preserved in the rock record as fossils, with the living animals showing little if any difference from their fossil counterparts.
Living Fossils | Answers in Genesis There are literally thousands of different types of animals and plants which are alive and essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils. The polistes wasp is one example.
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Living Proof | Answers in Genesis A giant salamander has been discovered in rock layers that evolutionists date at 30 million years. Yet it is virtually identical to giant salamanders living today.
An Eel Emerges as the Next "Living Fossil" | Answers in Genesis Dubbed Protoanguilla palau—meaning “first eel”—this little eel is prompting a redrawing of his family tree. Discovered in western Pacific caves 35 meters deep, the eel seems like a patchwork from the eel time machine.
A Tree of Today? | Answers in Genesis A study published in this week’s issue of the science journal Nature describes two recent discoveries of the world’s oldest (allegedly) tree fossils.
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Rodent Resurrected? | Answers in Genesis When an animal or plant has gone “extinct”, and then is found living today, unchanged from what is found in the fossil record, this shocking discovery is called a “living fossil”
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‘Dinosaur Tree’ Behind Bars | Answers in Genesis The botanic gardens in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, has on show a tree which is presently so rare that it is grown in a special cage (pictured, left).
Living Fossils: Acer Monspessulanum | Answers in Genesis The fossil maple leaf (Acer monspessulanum), found in Tertiary rock in southern France, is supposedly millions of years old. Yet the same species of maple lives today around the Mediterranean and has been photographed in climatically favoured south-west Germany where it has a northern outlier.
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Living Fossils: Pleurotomarias | Answers in Genesis The fossil Pleurotomaria shell, shown in the right photo here, was found in England in Jurassic deposits (supposedly 135-205 million years old on the evolutionists' time-scale). Yet the modern-day version from Japan, shown in the photo on the left, is virtually identical.
Living Fossils: Ferns and Crabs | Answers in Genesis There are literally hundreds of different types of animals and plants which are alive and well and which are essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
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Living Fossils: Busycon Contrarium | Answers in Genesis The fossil Busycon contrarium in the right picture comes from Pliocene rock (alleged evolutionary age of 5.3-1.6 million years ago) at Sarasota, Florida, in the United States. Yet a modern Busycon contrarium, also found in Florida, shows that absolutely no evolution has taken place.
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Living Fossils: Anthedons | Answers in Genesis The fossil crinoid Anthedon (a feathery-looking marine invertebrate) was found in the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of western Germany. It is supposedly around 150 million years old. Yet the modern-day living Anthedon is virtually identical—showing no evolution has taken place.
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Living Fossils: Antrimpos and Penaeus | Answers in Genesis It could hardly be more obvious that this shrimp is essentially the same as this fossil shrimp. Yet according to evolutionary theory, they are separated by an alleged 150 million years.
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Living Fossils: Flowers and Fish | Answers in Genesis Most of the public are unaware that there are literally hundreds of different types of animals and plants which are alive and which are essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
Parts of the World | Answers in Genesis Paleontologists have dusted off 45 new dinosaur species every year since 2003, and many of these discoveries unearthed dinosaurs with especially unique features.
Santana Fossils | Answers in Genesis The fine details preserved in fossils mystify evolutionists
but not paleontologists who believe in the Genesis flood.
Dinosaur Tissue | Answers in Genesis Despite a large body of evidence for the authenticity of the dinosaur tissue, there remains a pattern of denial within the evolutionist community.
An Example of Circular Reasoning | Answers in Genesis The fossil record is more like a record of the effects of sin when the Flood demolished the vast majority of life on earth, creating massive fossil graveyards.
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Buried Birth | Answers in Genesis There is an exquisitely preserved fossil of an extinct marine reptile called an ichthyosaur. The mother ichthyosaur is shown having almost completed giving birth to a live infant.
Dead Whales: Telling Tales? | Answers in Genesis “We knew it was a great find,” said paleontologist Leonard Brand about the fossil whales he saw in Peru in 1999, 350 km (200 miles) south of Lima, the capital.
What Rotting Fish and Worms Tell Us About Fossilization | Answers in Genesis A recent news item carried the story of a team of scientists at the University of Leicester in England who are recording the results of a really smelly study that involves watching fish and worms rot. This team of paleontologists are “rethinking the way fossils form” with their experiments and observations.
When Did the Fossils ‘Die’? | Answers in Genesis We can’t prove, from a strictly scientific perspective, the Flood of Noah. But the nature of the fossil records is just what we would expect to see from the record of the Bible.
Fossil Fuss | Answers in Genesis How could “the greatest
promoter of creationism in Alberta,”
Edgar Nernberg, be the discoverer of
some of the most significant fish fossils
in recent history?
Is the Bible True? | Answers in Genesis The Bible claims to be written by God—through human authors—but can we trust it as error-free and authoritative on everything it touches?
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Truth + Fable = Lies | Answers in Genesis God claims to be the source of truth. The idea of absolute truth and morality is offensive to many people today, but we must be proclaimers of truth!
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How Do We Know that the Bible Is True? | Answers in Genesis A number of Christians have tried to answer this question. Unfortunately, not all of those answers have been as cogent as we might hope. Some answers make very little sense at all.
10 Theses We Cannot Support | Answers in Genesis Todd Wilson proposes ten points of what he calls “Mere Creation.” These are points that he claims most evangelical Christians, “at most times, have believed and should believe about creation.” We will consider several of his points.
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One Indivisible Word | Answers in Genesis A seismic shift rocked Christianity in the eighteenth century. The idea grew that the Bible speaks authoritatively about morality and religion, but not history and science. Is that viable, based on Scripture?
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Fighting for Truth | Answers in Genesis Who would have thought that people claiming to be Christians—even pastors—would attack the very notion of truth? But they are. But they are. Emerging church members claim to believe in the God of the Bible, yet still they say they are comfortably uncertain about what is true.
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Inerrancy and the Test of Truth | Answers in Genesis The doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture is one of Christianity’s most important doctrines to be defended. Let’s define the foundational concept of truth, review the case for the truthfulness (inerrancy) of Scripture, and then discuss how the Bible passes the “test of truth” even down to the details of its claims.
Embarrassed by the Bible | Answers in Genesis When people ask why we believe what we do, many are hesitant to quote the Bible.
After all, few people believe the Bible, and many parts are hard to explain.
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Why Won’t They Listen? | Answers in Genesis Because of technology, students have a great respect for what is called science. But to them the Bible is just an outdated religious book.
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Not What You’d Expect | Answers in Genesis On the surface they appear to be very similar. As we studied the research findings further, we soon found we were dealing with two different types of individuals who were no longer attending church.
Isn’t the Bible Full of Errors? | Answers in Genesis The claim that the Bible has errors is frequently just an excuse for not believing. Few who make the claim have read the Bible and actually analyzed any alleged contradictions.
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4. Fulfilled Prophecy | Answers in Genesis Among the many amazing evidences that confirm the Bible’s divine origin, surely the wealth of fulfilled prophecies is near the top.
5. Scientific Accuracy | Answers in Genesis Every claim the Bible makes about science is not only true but crucial for filling in the blanks about the origin of the universe.
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Is the Old Testament Reliable? | Answers in Genesis Must we have blind, unreasonable faith to believe the Bible to be true? Or are there sound reasons that the Bible, and specifically the Old Testament, can be accepted as reliable in every part?
7. Life-Changing Power | Answers in Genesis Even if you don’t yet know any other compelling evidences that the Bible is true, you should know the experience of your own life.
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Ready to Give an Answer | Answers in Genesis Truth is at the heart of what has become warfare in the marketplace of worldviews. Which ideas will get your attention and gain prominence in your mind?
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Not Just a Container of Truth | Answers in Genesis “The Bible contains truth,” we often hear. But what do such words really mean? Behind them is a flawed view of biblical authority, with deadly consequences.
A Low View of Scripture | Answers in Genesis One of the major problems in the church today is that Christian leaders (and Christians in general) have been conditioned to treat God’s Holy Word as a fallible human work.
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A Worrisome Trend | Answers in Genesis There’s no doubt that our once-Christianized Western nations are not only becoming more secularized, but that an anti-Christian element is growing with increasing fervor.
“Here I Stand . . .” | Answers in Genesis My favorite recent film was Luther, a professionally dramatized account of the life of Martin Luther, the great reformer; and one of my favorite Bible teachers is Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
Looking Into the Vatican's Views On Science | Answers in Genesis In an eye-opening article concerning the Vatican’s views on science, a reporter takes a look into the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Sadly, the fruits of an old-age mentality are on display.
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All to the Glory of God | Answers in Genesis Even though a major AiG emphasis is the evolution/creation issue, the real goal is to see the confidence of believers grow in the accuracy and truthfulness of all of the Bible.
Does the Bible Contain False Statements? | Answers in Genesis As we read Job, we need to keep in mind that not all statements—with the exception of God’s own words in chapters 38–42)—necessarily express divine truth, but all are correctly recorded.
A Devilish Ploy! | Answers in Genesis At a secular radio station in Florida earlier this year, the talk show host informed me that his “favorite atheist” was on the phone waiting to confront me about my belief in creation.
Animals | Answers in Genesis God created earth teeming with life: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, creepy crawlies and dinosaurs. These animals testify to their awesome Creator.
Living Large | Answers in Genesis There are giants among us—giant animals, that is. God has given these incredible creatures the special features they need to live large.
Respect Your Elders | Answers in Genesis Older animals in herds, pods, packs, hives, and other animal groups help their species survive by passing on skills and knowledge.
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On the Surface | Answers in Genesis Many creatures seem to walk on water almost miraculously. But their ability to skip across the surf or tread over waves is no miracle.
Out of the Blue—Animal Color | Answers in Genesis While some flowers and foods are blue, such as bluebonnets and blueberries, blue is rare among animals. Most animals are unable to make blue pigments.Often the blue color comes from specially designed features that bend the sun’s light.
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Wolves—Strength of the Pack | Answers in Genesis The strength of a wolf pack isn’t its numbers or the fear it inspires. Since sometime after Adam’s fall into sin, that howl has signaled danger to mankind, so it makes sense that wolves would often be the bad guys in fables and legends.Human beings have been fascinated with wolves for thousands of years.
Faux Flyers | Answers in Genesis The unique varied biological features that allow typically terrestrial organisms to become airborne are a marvelous testimony to the intricacies of God’s creation.
Mother Knows Best | Answers in Genesis God has equipped some animal moms with intense ways to care for their offspring and to teach them survival in our fallen world.
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Born to Run | Answers in Genesis Horses love to run. While they can’t run forever, what fans witness at the racetrack is a creature that expresses more than just beauty. It also displays God-given endurance and strength.
Every Tail Has a Tale | Answers in Genesis That extra appendage swinging on the back of your favorite animal isn’t there by accident, and it wasn’t put there primarily for the benefit of cartoonists drawing Garfield or Snoopy. It serves a purpose—in fact, many purposes. And every hand-selected designer accessory has traits unique to its owner.
Animal Tool Use | Answers in Genesis Some animals use “tools” to perform tasks, but these phenomena are far simpler than the tool-making abilities God gave to people.
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Animal Olympics | Answers in Genesis While these animal “athletes” don’t win medals, they do set the gold standard of the animal world. And they certainly show that God’s glory is all over the earth (Psalm 57:11). But in an animal Olympics, which critters might take the top prizes? There’s only one way to find out. Let the games begin!
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Hermaphroditism in Animals | Answers in Genesis One way that organisms have been designed to deal with reproduction is hermaphroditism, in which individuals have both reproductive organs. This condition is most commonly found in fish, but other animals exhibit it was well.
Do Your Ears Hang Low? | Answers in Genesis Nature is up to its ears in, well, amazing ears of every
shape and size. But far from organs just to listen with,
ears are a multipurpose tool designed by the Creator
to help his creatures thrive in a sin-cursed world.
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Painkillers from Poisons | Answers in Genesis Research suggests that many natural venoms and poisons contain chemicals that can block
pain without the adverse effects posed by opioid-based drugs.
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Amphibians | Answers in Genesis The clever design of amphibians, from tree frogs to spotted salamanders, is a powerful demonstration of God’s creativity.
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Hazmat Hoppers | Answers in Genesis Bright colors in nature scream, “Eat me at your own risk!” That’s certainly the case for most poison dart frogs.
Piggybacking Pollywogs | Answers in Genesis How God gifted the strawberry poison dart frogs in Central America to care for their young pollywogs from hatching until their metamorphosis is complete
A Sticky Solution | Answers in Genesis What if we could design tape and adhesives that automatically cleaned themselves every time they got dirty or wet?
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Wonder Jumpstart | Answers in Genesis As is the case with many groups of living creatures, the frogs and toads (order Anura) are packed full of surprises waiting to be discovered and unveiled.
Darwin's Zombies | Answers in Genesis A marsupial frog from South America may not realize how special it is, but a team from Stony Brook University does.
The Frog: A Relic of Evolution? | Answers in Genesis During conversations about creation and evolution it has become apparent to me that most people regard the two ideas as merely philosophical matters related only to the past.
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Animal Behavior | Answers in Genesis Evolution fails to explain the origin of diverse and complex animal behaviors including instinct, intelligence, migration, diet, and communication.
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Speak! | Answers in Genesis As we listen in on animal communication, it seems clear that animals have their own form of language. How does this knowledge affect our responsibility to steward God’s creatures?
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Animal Intelligence Topic | Answers in Genesis Many animals, such as chimps, dolphins, and crows, are remarkably smart. These cleverly designed creatures clearly display the intelligence of their Creator.
Elephant Intelligence | Answers in Genesis In previous editions of News to Note, we’ve frequently reported on the high intelligence of crows. Now, it’s elephants’ turn again.
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Gorillas and Tools? | Answers in Genesis The BBC News and other media outlets have been circulating an Associated Press article that states that gorillas in the wild have been observed using tools.
Clear Intelligence | Answers in Genesis By evolutionary standards, chimps are supposed to be our closest living relative, but when it comes to understanding humans, they don’t hold a bone to man’s best friend.
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Crows’ Intelligence | Answers in Genesis Crows’ remarkable intelligence has been one of our favorite topics over the years (our last update came in April). Here’s the latest.
Octopus Intelligence | Answers in Genesis It’s an amazing animal known for its intelligence and, now, for its tool-use: the chimpanzee? The dolphin? The crow? Not quite.
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Crow the Builder | Answers in Genesis They’re the incredibly intelligent, tool-wielding animals we’ve covered frequently in the past. No, not chimps; we’re talking about crows once again.
Monkey See, Monkey Remember | Answers in Genesis Based on test results published in Current Biology, chimpanzees have “an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to ours.” The tests were devised by Japanese scientists and pitted university students against three pairs of mother-and-child chimps.
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Crows and Their Tools | Answers in Genesis BBC News reports on a University of Auckland study that highlights the tool-adapting and tool-using ability of New Caledonian crows.
Birdbrains? | Answers in Genesis David Attenborough's acclaimed television series, The Life of Birds, provided many examples of remarkable features and behaviours in birds. These provide reasons to doubt evolutionary philosophy.
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Animal Migration | Answers in Genesis After animals came off the Ark following the Flood and spread across the earth, they established complex migratory patterns that continue to puzzle scientists.
What Animals Eat | Answers in Genesis The herbivorous diets of many traditionally carnivorous animals provide a glimpse into the original creation when all animals were vegetarians.
Vegetarian Ants | Answers in Genesis Most ants are carnivorous, yet some are herbivorous. But how do the herbivorous species get the nutrients they need?
Vampires of the Animal Kingdom | Answers in Genesis Sometime after the fall, several animals became omnivorous, carnivorous, parasitic, and/or insectivorous, then started incorporating blood into their diet.
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Dads on Duty | Answers in Genesis While some animal fathers were created to simply pass on their DNA and then stay away, God created others to go above and beyond to protect and provide.
Battle of the Sexes or Designed Lizard Niches? | Answers in Genesis Researchers found that sexual size dimorphism may be limiting South American lizards’ speciation. Males and females of the same species may be filling ecological niches usually filled by separate species. Is this an example of evolution in action or a designed adaptive feature input into the lizard kind’s genome?
Interspecific Adoption: Can Evolution Explain Altruism in Animals? | Answers in Genesis Evolutionists have serious problems with interspecific animal adoptions, something many of them recognize. Creationists are in a much better position when it comes to discussing animal adoptions. While this cannot be argued dogmatically, incredible adoptions could point back to the original design.
Jungle Doctors | Answers in Genesis Many of God’s creatures find their own herbal remedies … without a doctor’s help! They know where to look for medicine all around them.
Mourning Chimpanzees | Answers in Genesis Last May we covered research that suggested chimpanzees “provide special attention to loved ones before they die and grieve afterward,” which unsurprisingly prompted comparisons to human behavior
Reciprocal Rodents: the Giving Rats | Answers in Genesis Charitable rats are making headlines after a study published in PLoS Biology proffers evidence that “rats who received help in the past were more likely to help another unknown partner.”
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Selflessness in Apes | Answers in Genesis An experiment conducted in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda has provided possible support for chimp altruism.
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Living Like Animals | Answers in Genesis … the average young Australian, who believes what he is taught, believes the evolutionary dogma that he is only an animal who arrived by chance, lives by his wits, survives to breed and will die …
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A Wonderfully Bizarre Bird | Answers in Genesis The drought had been rather severe that summer, and the normally moist woodland was dry and parched. Suddenly, out of the brush, a chunky bird was frantically searching the soil for earthworms.
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Aquatic Animals | Answers in Genesis The oceans—filled with incredible creatures like jellyfish, starfish, dolphins, seals, crabs, coral reefs, and octopuses—declare the majesty of their Creator.
Bioluminescent Sea Creatures | Answers in Genesis Before modern cameras and technology, the inky blackness of the deep barred its mysteries from human eyes. But now these wonders are coming to light.
Fish | Answers in Genesis The diversity and streamlined design of fish and sharks testifies to the God of creation, not to the mindless process of evolution.
Natural Selection in Guppies | Answers in Genesis Guppies have some major advantages when it comes to using them as a model organism for evolutionary biology. Because of their isolation, guppy populations have been used to study the processes of “evolution” in the wild. These guppies have been used as model organisms for evolution since at least the 1970s.
Cleaner Wrasses Demonstrate Providential Design | Answers in Genesis Cleaner wrasses are famous for their cleaning of larger predatory fish. They are believed to be crucial to the overall health of a reef biome and to be surprisingly altruistic. What many people may not know is how the cleaning relationship exhibited by the cleaner wrasses demonstrates God’s design.
Piranhas, the Feared Fish | Answers in Genesis The word “piranha” conjures up visions of vast schools of small fishes quickly devouring anyone that should happen to fall into the river by accident.
Did Fish Gills Evolve? | Answers in Genesis Did fish gills evolve to help fish breathe, or did they evolve to help fish regulate body chemicals? Or did fish gills evolve at all?
Designing Nemo | Answers in Genesis Perhaps the most iconic and easily recognizable fish in the world is the clownfish. What many of its aficionados do not realize, however, is that the clownfish is clearly designed for the environment in which it lives while providing some startling challenges to the standard evolutionary model.
Rapidly Reproducing Killifish Defy Evolution | Answers in Genesis Killifish have only rarely been addressed in major creationist literature and generally only in response to evolutionists claiming they had evolved some new ability. Killifish deserve a deeper look as they strongly point to a designer.
Did Hair and Feathers Come from Fish Scales? | Answers in Genesis Zebrafish are one of the most commonly used research animals in the world and various scientific studies use them for a wide variety of purposes. Because of their frequent use, they often show up as part of evolutionary studies, including a recent study comparing their scales to hair and feathers.
Boxy Beauty | Answers in Genesis While it may look more like an underwater ice
cream truck, the boxfish’s square design has distinct
advantages over its sleek competitors.
Hot-blooded Sharks | Answers in Genesis It’s not easy being a great white shark—how can such a massive body ever hope to sustain high speeds in such cold water?
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A Fishy Riddle | Answers in Genesis It’s a bit of a riddle: three fish are totally unlike one another, yet they’re all the same species. How can it be?
Sharks and Rays | Answers in Genesis One cruises through the water like a heat-seeking missile, the other swims gracefully like a giant bird in slow motion. They are the shark and the ray.
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Fish That “Fly” | Answers in Genesis Having propelled themselves out of the water with great force, they spread these fins out like wings to glide through the air for up to several dozen metres.
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Jaws of Life | Answers in Genesis A frilled shark living over half a mile under the sea has been caught on tape. Evolutionists and creationists are both calling this a “living fossil.”
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Shark GPS | Answers in Genesis Certain species of sharks have developed “mental maps” to help them find destinations in their range with pinpoint accuracy
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Shark Navigator | Answers in Genesis Thinking of taking a GPS-powered navigational device on your next road trip? Why not let a shark “ride shotgun” instead?
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Fast Fish Evolutionary Response | Answers in Genesis “[O]ne of the fastest evolutionary responses ever recorded in wild populations,” claims a press release about recent research. But is it really “evolution”?
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Now the Fish Are in on It | Answers in Genesis In April 2009 we reported on a study showing that mosquito fish can perform basic math tasks (specifically, counting and comparing numbers of symbols). New research goes a step farther, suggesting that mosquito fish have the numerical skills of college students.
'Spookfish' Looks in the Mirror | Answers in Genesis The brownsnout spookfish isn’t exactly a household name, but scientists have just discovered its claim to fame: eyes that incorporate not only lenses, but also mirrors to see into murky Pacific Ocean depths.
Shaking Hands with a Shark | Answers in Genesis A University of Florida study focusing on genes that control “how and where body parts develop in animals” has resulted in evidence that the genetic “potential” to grow fingers and toes is found in sharks as well as bony fish.
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Elite Swimmers | Answers in Genesis Two very different fish kinds, tuna and great white sharks, have been found to have a very similar body shape, enabling them to swim really fast with minimal effort.
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Sharks: Denizens of the Deep | Answers in Genesis Sharks come in all shapes and sizes, from the bizarre-looking hammerhead shark, with its eyes at either end of a double hammer-shaped head, to the angel shark, which has ray-like 'wings'.
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Pacific Salmon | Answers in Genesis One of the great resources of the west coast of the United States and Canada is the multitude of salmon in the coastal ocean and rivers.
Shells—The Ultimate Beach House | Answers in Genesis Next time you’re at the beach and see a shell,
let your mind wander. Consider how much
careful design went into making this wonderful home for
even the tiniest, most insignificant animal. If God cared so
much for an animal’s temporary home on earth, how much
does he care for you?
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Does Evolution Keep Making Crabs? | Answers in Genesis I recently saw a headline that caught my attention titled, “Crabs aren’t the only thing evolution keeps making. An Expert Explains.” Now what is such a statement supposed to mean?
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Underwater Christmas: Christmas Tree Worm | Answers in Genesis You’ll find these festive decorations
year-round on coral reefs all
over the world. They’re actually the
feeding and breathing organs of
Spirobranchus giganteus, the Christmas
tree worm (although at 1½ inches [3 cm], giganteus seems a bit of a stretch).
Killer Communicators | Answers in Genesis What makes orcas so successful at filling the oceans? If you think it’s their size and strength, listen up. You might think the orcas’ success is due to their strong, sleek bodies and sharp teeth. But these majestic cetaceans really owe their success to their advanced social skills.
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Underwater Pollinators? | Answers in Genesis A news item highlighting a research paper announced the discovery of Idotea balthica that can pollinate red seaweed—that’s right, underwater pollinators!
Whale Evolution | Answers in Genesis Evolutionists tout the whale series as one of the best evidences for evolution. However, there are lots of problems with the story of whale evolution.
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Nudibranchs | Answers in Genesis The words “slug” and “festive display of color” don’t usually come to mind at the same time. Fun facts about nudibranchs or sea slugs.
Clear as Blood: How Did Antarctic Icefish Survive Their “Evolution”? | Answers in Genesis Although the Antarctic blackfin icefish, (Chaenocephalus aceratus) had been known by scientists to have clear blood since the 1950s, it was assumed that this was some type of adaptation to a cold-water environment by these fish. But a new study reveals just how radical this “adaptation” turns out to be.
Terrors or Treasures? | Answers in Genesis Recent invasions of massed jellyfish prompted new studies of these ocean terrors. Scientists were astonished by what they found. What purpose did God have for designing something that can cause such pain and fear? Really—what’s the point of jellyfish?
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The World of Whales | Answers in Genesis Teremedia's 'World of Whales' exhibition was at the Auckland Museum, New Zealand, June to September 1996, including two creatures which are claimed to be ancestors of the whales.
Anemone Complexity Confounds Evolutionary Classification | Answers in Genesis Anemones come in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors. A recent study sequenced the mitochondrial genome of several species of tube anemones and revealed some startling surprises that provide headaches for evolutionary classification.
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Tripod Fish: Denizens of the Deep Sea | Answers in Genesis With all its remarkable features, tripod fish are challenging to evolutionists. For the creationist, the tripod fish is a marvelous example of God’s handiwork in his creation. It also is an excellent example of the detail he built into his world.
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A Shark That Eats Its Veggies? | Answers in Genesis Scientists noticed bonnethead sharks eating seagrass for several years, but perhaps influenced by their evolutionary worldview had assumed that they were just eating the seagrass to get at crabs, shrimp, or small fish living in and around the seagrass.
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Masters of Disguise | Answers in Genesis Every day, the world’s master of disguise, the cuttlefish, finds new ways to blend into its ever-changing surroundings in search of its next meal. Cuttlefish are so good at imitation that they can instantly transform into a black-and-white chessboard or any other surrounding that mischievous researchers can think of.
Simple Tube Anemones? Think Again. | Answers in Genesis Due to their evolutionary assumptions, evolutionists believe so-called “early” animals are simple. One such animal is the tube anemone. Because they live slow, long, predictable lifestyles, it was assumed that they were simple. But new research shows their mitochondrial DNA is anything but simple.
Possible New Killer Whale Species Discovered | Answers in Genesis In 1955, more than a dozen strange-looking killer whales were stranded on a beach in New Zealand. Called “type D” killer whales, they were virtually unknown in the wild to scientists from that time on. But, as National Geographic reports, scientists have now observed a pod of these whales for the first time.
Giants of the Deep | Answers in Genesis A rare and dangerous colossal squid, its tentacles bristling with suckers and curved hooks for snagging prey, has been captured in the Ross Sea in Antarctica.
Creation’s Crustaceans | Answers in Genesis Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, prawns … seafood lovers everywhere relish the mention of such culinary delights. But there’s much more to know about these shellfish than how tastily they can be served.
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Fascinating Cuttlefish | Answers in Genesis With green blood, three hearts, and able to change colour in a flash, it sounds like a ‘weird aliens’ movie creature. Actually, the cuttlefish is a seafood delicacy.
‘Ghostly’ Shrimp Update | Answers in Genesis Fossils of the tadpole shrimp Triops are found in rocks which evolutionists date at 200 million years old — yet it is alive and unchanged today.
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Coral on a Shoe | Answers in Genesis Charles Darwin observed coral atolls in the south seas which were more than 1,000 metres (3,000 feet) thick. He believed that this proved that millions of years must have elapsed.
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The Amazing Seahorse | Answers in Genesis The Creator offers few sights more incredible, and yet more delicately beautiful, than a living sea horse. It swims erect and slowly, with its tail twisting forward to perhaps grip a seaweed frond.
Primetime for “Primates” | Answers in Genesis As a visible way to buttress evolutionary claims, the London Zoo has the three men and five women displayed next to (but separated by a fence) their "primate relatives".
What Are Humans? Animals or Mammals? | Answers in Genesis What is it about these behaviors that prompts us to call a fellow human an animal, whether in jest or seriously? It is any behavior that we deem less than civilized, behavior that we associate with animals more than with humans. But do those behaviors mean those individuals are actually animals? Of course not.
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God’s Image—The Difference Maker | Answers in Genesis Are we just another animal? We can argue about DNA, brain size, and upright stature, but Genesis 1 emphasizes an infinitely greater privilege that sets mankind apart. But what exactly is the image of God and what are the implications of man being made in His image?
Aping Art | Answers in Genesis She thought it was a great discovery. However, the painting was done by Gypsy the chimpanzee.
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Differences Between Humans and Animals | Answers in Genesis Are there differences between humans and animals, or are we free to be animals like our evolutionary ancestors—as low-down as snakes, and to make pigs of ourselves, and to act like donkeys.
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Birds | Answers in Genesis The design of birds—from the delicate egg to the intricate feather to the efficient wing—all declare the praise of their wise Creator.
Cold Feet | Answers in Genesis Try standing barefoot on a pile of snow and see how long you last. Ducks do it all the time and aren’t bothered. How is this possible?
What We Knew About the Woodpecker | Answers in Genesis As we study God’s world, new scientific discoveries sometimes change what we thought we knew. Can we still explain these changes with our understanding of God’s design?
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Turtledove: A Bird in Season | Answers in Genesis Turtledoves in the Bible are significant as a sacrifice, a symbol for Israel, and a bird in season. This paper sets out to help us appreciate the sight and sound of these birds in spring. Archaeology and ornithology unsurprisingly corroborate what we read in the Scriptures.
Barn Owl: Frozen Dinner | Answers in Genesis This owl reflects the brilliance of our Creator, who built into
the bird’s genetic code a variety of feather colors
so it could survive in our fallen world.
Bird Decline: A Biblical Response | Answers in Genesis A major study recently published in the journal Science analyzed immense amounts of population data of more than 500 species of birds since 1970. The bottom line is very disturbing.
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Penguins—Perplexing and Proficient! | Answers in Genesis January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day. The penguin is a common favorite among both children and adults, bird lovers, and cartoonists. Evolutionists have a hard time explaining such a creature, especially since there’s no agreed-upon ancestor. Here are some fun facts about a fun bird on Penguin Awareness Day.
Hoatzin Bird: Evidence Against Evolutionary Ideas | Answers in Genesis The hoatzin is a very unique bird, something of a conglomeration of traits typical of birds, reptiles, and even mammals. It is roughly the size of a turkey, with a colorful, crested head and long tail feathers. However, its most interesting and unique features are distinctly un-birdlike.
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Modern Birds in the Cretaceous? | Answers in Genesis Since at least 2009, when Dr. Carl Werner published Living Fossils the second volume of his Evolution: The Grand Experiment series, creation researchers have used the argument that modern-type birds have been found in the same Cretaceous layers with dinosaurs.
The Big Bang of Bird Evolution? | Answers in Genesis Researchers say the “big bang” of bird evolution has been mapped, revealing the history and origin of birds, but they assume all life shares a common ancestry.
Penguins | Answers in Genesis So where did penguins come from? The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:20–22 that God created all sea creatures and birds on Day 5 of the Creation Week.
Salt Removal on Demand | Answers in Genesis Seabirds have a special gland that helps them drink seawater. Amazingly, a few other birds can develop this salt gland, as needed.
Bowerbird’s Artistic Sense | Answers in Genesis Before the discovery of bowerbirds’ optical effects, only humans were known to design optical illusions. But does the bowerbird possess an artistic sense like humans?
A Head Full of Magnets | Answers in Genesis Turtles, birds, and butterflies had GPS long before humans invented the device. These creatures migrate thousands of miles each year to find food, to find breeding grounds, and to escape harsher seasons. Now scientists may be one step closer to uncovering how this animal navigation system works.
Birds Make Nest Eggs | Answers in Genesis A new discovery highlighting bird intelligence, reported in Nature this week, further upsets evolutionary implications that elevate the intelligence of chimps and other primates.
Air Attack | Answers in Genesis This sounds like something out of a horror movie: an extraordinarily intelligent, playful parrot adapts its diet from seeds and insects to red meat.
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Birds in a Family Tree | Answers in Genesis A consortium of two hundred evolutionary
scientists representing twenty
countries wants to answer the question of
how birds became so diverse.
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Creation Science | Answers in Genesis Can Bible-based creation science make successful predictions, explain the evidence, and properly explain reality?
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Created Kinds (Baraminology) | Answers in Genesis God made living things to reproduce according to their kind. The taxonomic science of baraminology seeks to classify modern and fossil organisms within their original kinds.
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Variety Within Created Kinds | Answers in Genesis Today’s species show the potential variation that God designed within the original kinds, but this variety remains limited—cats are still cats, and dogs are dogs.
“World’s Oldest Rain Forest Frog” Was a Frog | Answers in Genesis Our Creator put a tremendous amount of variety into the DNA of the frog kinds that he made. This extinct frog species, preserved in amber for us to find today, is just another example of God’s limitless creativity. While this may be a new species, it’s a frog, a member of one of the many frog kinds created by God.
Lime-Green Blood Thanks to Evolution Gone Weird? | Answers in Genesis We typically think of blood as red, but six species of lizard in Papua New Guinea bleed green, not red. A new study claims this bright green blood evolved four times throughout these lizard species, which have all been placed in the same genus.
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What a Dog’s Nose Knows! | Answers in Genesis In the Dog Spies blog, Scientific American highlighted a recent study that starts to answer some questions about a new scent assessment for dogs.
Suite Dogs | Answers in Genesis God designed “man’s best friend” to produce a vast array of types, each with a suite of traits just right for a special need.
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Counting Kinds | Answers in Genesis How could Noah have fit all those animals into his big ship? How could only he and seven other people have cared for them?
Variety in Penguins | Answers in Genesis While structures found in fossilized penguin feathers make evolutionists reconsider their ideas about these early aquatic birds, creationists can enjoy the variety God has put within this fascinating animal kind.
Classic Multidimensional Scaling and Baraminology | Answers in Genesis The underlying assumptions of statistical baraminology should be better scrutinized, its role and utility in the baraminological toolbox should be seriously reconsidered, and strong conclusions should be avoided when other supporting data is absent.
Babel for Elephants | Answers in Genesis Scientists from the U.S., Germany, and Switzerland have “calculated the date at which the African and the Asian elephant went their separate ways”—supposedly some 7.6 million years ago.
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Bearing Out Creation | Answers in Genesis DNA tests have confirmed that a grizzly bear father and polar bear mother have produced what some people are calling a “pizzly.”
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Origin of the Chicken | Answers in Genesis Whether it’s the answer to “which came first: the chicken or the egg?” or the corollary answer to that classic riddle “why did the chicken cross the road?” Darwin’s answer to the origin of the chicken was wrong.
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The Encyclopedia of Life | Answers in Genesis Scientists worldwide have begun work on an online catalog of the world’s 1.8 million known species, known as the “Encyclopedia of Life.”
Real Scientists, Really? | Answers in Genesis The claims of evolutionists and some old-earth creationists that young-earth creationists don't have real degrees and don't do real scientific research that can be published are simply not true.
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God and Math | Answers in Genesis How God is the ultimate foundation for mathematics. Math has sometimes been revered as supreme and final truth...until a mathematician proved we must look higher.
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Imagine | Answers in Genesis The more I learn about creation science, the more excited I get about my Savior and my God.
Why Do So Many Reject Creation Science? | Answers in Genesis Why do so many people reject creation science? Why do 98% of professional scientists accept evolution? This page seeks to answer these questions by documenting the behavior of opponents of young-earth creation science.
Are Creationists Trying to Stop “Sound Science Education”? | Answers in Genesis A blog appeared recently on the website for Americans United for Separation of Church and State titled, “Creationists Remain Hard at Work Trying to Block Sound Science Education.” It laments the tide of public opinion against evolution in the US and the way this influences how teachers present evolutionary ideas.
The Dinosaur Guys | Answers in Genesis A name like “Creation Research, Science Education Foundation (CRSEF)” may not capture much attention. But dinosaurs sure will.
1.5 Some Consequences | Answers in Genesis Bible-believing Christians ought to know that there are no scientific philosophical objections today which prohibit the use of the Bible for explaining the facts of nature (creation science).
Look Only at Spiritual Fruit? | Answers in Genesis Does spiritual fruit trump disdain for the clear teachings of Scripture? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., shows why faith in Christ and adherence to His Word must work together.
The Ultimate Standard | Answers in Genesis Sometimes critics of Creation refer to the creation/evolution debate as “science vs. the Bible” or “reasoning vs. faith.” Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.
Searching for Truth | Answers in Genesis What is the nature of truth? Can facts be refuted by science? Roger Patterson, AiG–U.S., addresses an attack on his book series Evolution Exposed.
Worldviews and Occam’s Razor | Answers in Genesis Does creation and a young universe, as revealed in the Bible, require “convoluted theories” to deal with the facts? Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., responds.
The Great Divide Continues | Answers in Genesis Grand Canyon: A Different View is back in the headlines in America with a dispute over whether or not a federal review of the book actually took place.
Test Your Knowledge | Answers in Genesis Following is a list of six words and phrases used by creationists. Pick the meaning beside each which you think comes closest to the true meaning of that word.
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It Helps to Think Creation | Answers in Genesis Can you think of one area where evolutionary thinking has ever helped? Does it make our children smarter or keep them off drugs? Does it put meat on the table or men on the moon?
Creation Science—Methodology | Answers in Genesis After two years of heavy involvement with the Creation Science Ministry in Queensland, I write this article to share some of our experiences and the reasons for our approach and our methods.
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Creation as Science Part 3 | Answers in Genesis Any theory of the origin and history of life is a theory on the nature of life. Nowhere could this be more true, than theories or models or beliefs about the origin and history of man.
Creation as Science Part 2 | Answers in Genesis Creation is often criticized as being religious while evolution is scientific. In reality, both have religious aspects and both have points which are testable by repeatable observation.
Extinct Animals | Answers in Genesis The rocks preserve the memory of many unusual and often gigantic now-extinct animals that inhabited the world before and after the Flood of Noah’s day.
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Ice Age Animals | Answers in Genesis The Ice Age was home to some giant and intimidating creatures, from mammoths to saber-tooth cats to giant sloths to massive cave bears.
Forget Jurassic, Now It’s Pleistocene as the Coolest Theme Park | Answers in Genesis In only 10 years or so, you’ll be able (so we’re told) to see woolly mammoths, rhinos, cave lions, and long-extinct horses in a Siberian “Pleistocene Park”. Scientists from Russia, South Korea, and Japan are working towards cloning ice age animals to put into a research (and tourist) park in Yakutsk, Siberia.
What Happened to Woolly Mammoths? | Answers in Genesis What happened to the woolly mammoths? It’s a whodunit (or, rather, a “what-done-it”) mystery of extinction that rivals the question of what did in the dinosaurs.
A Mammoth Find | Answers in Genesis In a special guest news analysis, creationist (and mammoth expert) Michael Oard considers the well-preserved mammoth “Lyuba.”
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A Mammoth Discovery | Answers in Genesis The frozen remains of a baby mammoth discovered in 2007 are stirring up talk—especially because the mammoth is “remarkably preserved.”
Frozen in Time | Answers in Genesis The bones, tusks, and especially carcasses of millions of woolly mammoths frozen in the tundra of Siberia have excited the imaginations of children and scientists for hundreds of years.
Why Live in Siberia? | Answers in Genesis What drew millions of woolly mammoths to the far north where the winters are currently so fiercely cold and the summers so dangerously boggy? And what did they eat while they were there?
Woolly Mammoths—Flood or Ice Age? | Answers in Genesis There is plenty of evidence that the woolly mammoths in Siberia, Alaska, and the Yukon and almost all other surficial sites in the Northern Hemisphere died after the Flood.
The Extinction Wars | Answers in Genesis The worst problem uniformitarian scientists encounter with the extinction of the Siberian woolly mammoths is that they disappeared not just in Siberia but everywhere at about the same time.
Are Mammoths Still Alive? | Answers in Genesis Two Russian scientists have found the remains of a group of woolly mammoths, on an island off northeastern Siberia, which give radiocarbon ages of less than 4,000 years.
Peruvian Walking Whale | Answers in Genesis A recent journal article published by Current Biology, features the discovery of a fossil (MUSM 3580) touted as a “walking whale,” in the Pisco Basin, located in the desert of the southern coast of Peru. Peregocetus pacificus is the name that was given to this new “protocetid” which was discovered in middle Eocene.
Crash Landing for Archaeopteryx? | Answers in Genesis It’s an evolutionary icon, a supposed transitional form between two different kinds of animals. But the certainty about Archaeopteryx is now clouded by debate.
Trilobite Eyes—Ultimate Optics | Answers in Genesis What do physicists and paleontologists have in common? When discovering God’s complex design for trilobite eyes, expertise from both fields was required.
Mosasaur: Lizard or Whale? | Answers in Genesis The mosasaur was a marine lizard, not a whale. But like the whale, evolutionists believe it started out—ancestrally speaking—without much in the way of swimming adaptations. Over 27 million years, researchers claim it evolved into such an excellent swimming predator that it ruled the seas.
The World’s Largest Marsupial Found In Queensland | Answers in Genesis A nearly complete skeleton of the world’s biggest marsupial, the Diprotodon, was unearthed at Floraville Station in Queensland. This specimen, 6-½ feet tall and 11 feet long, is estimated to have weighed three tons.
Fossil Seal Walks In | Answers in Genesis “Evolution at [w]ork,” declares National Geographic News. “[T]he evolutionary evidence we have been lacking for so long,” reports BBC News. So just what is this new fossil?
Monster Record | Answers in Genesis The Monster, a partial fossil of what is presumed to be the largest known marine reptile has been found on a Norwegian island.
Swimming with the Dinosaurs | Answers in Genesis One way or another, in the creation model, Castorocauda is another example of God’s fascinating design in a pre-Flood organism; in the evolution model, Castorocauda is a surprise and challenge.
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Trilobite Technology | Answers in Genesis Trilobites, described by Stephen Jay Gould as ‘everyone’s favourite invertebrate fossil,’ are a class of marine arthropods which are often well preserved and of striking appearance.
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Hybrid Animals | Answers in Genesis Genesis infers that all creatures reproduce after their kinds. Hybrid animals like ligers, wholphins, and zonkeys help to define the boundaries of kinds.
Shark Hybrids | Answers in Genesis Scientists in Australia have discovered 57 hybrid black-tip sharks off Australia’s coast. Is this evidence of “evolution in action” or variation within a kind?
New Hybrid: Salsmanders | Answers in Genesis Joining the ranks of such hybrid animals as ligers and wholphins, is a new hybrid salamander breed of the California tiger salamander and barred salamanders.
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Mammals | Answers in Genesis Great diversity exists within the mammal group. From koalas to deer to bats to primates to whales to cheetahs, mammals declare the glory of their Creator.
Giraffes: Testimonies to God’s Design | Answers in Genesis Towering tall over the African savanna, the giraffe looks as if it belongs in the circus. It strolls on stilt-like legs, and its neck parades high in the sky. But the giraffe is no comic freak of nature. It displays divine design.
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Bats: Equipped for the Hunt | Answers in Genesis As the only true flying mammals, bats are well equipped for the hunt. Their wings can maneuver nimbly to abruptly change directions and carry them swiftly.
Platypus: The Mystery Mammal | Answers in Genesis From an acorn-size egg hatches a creature with a duck-like bill, beaver-like tail, and reptile-like stance. It’s a bird! It’s a reptile! It’s a—platypus!
Kitty Kinds | Answers in Genesis The first high-quality sequence of the cat genome has yielded some answers to why cats condescend to grace ordinary human beings with their companionship.
Apes Are Smart, Not Creative | Answers in Genesis Chimpanzees have proven to be quite skillful at learning certain basic tasks—particularly those related to obtaining food—but even evolutionists have to admit that “technological innovation and improvement seem to be uniquely human traits.”
Chimps Help Each Other Too | Answers in Genesis Chimps, especially mothers and their offspring, help each other. While that makes them “more similar to humans than previously thought,” does it mean we’re all just apes?
Hitch-Hiking Lemurs | Answers in Genesis Evolutionists used to think the lemurs got to Madagascar before the island broke off from Africa. Now they have to assume that the island was in its present place before these creatures arrived.
Practical Prickles: Streaked Tenrec | Answers in Genesis Watch out — this critter’s outrageous hairdo is more than a fashion statement. With a prickly exterior and a matching disposition, these crazy critters overcome the odds in a dangerous place. How do they do it? The secret is in the spines.
Souped-Up Sniffers | Answers in Genesis Dogs are always sniffing around, but it’s not because they’re always hungry. Unlike us, they interpret the world primarily through smell.
Evolved to Feel No Pain? | Answers in Genesis Researchers studying mole-rats and the East African root rat discovered that several had pain insensitivity to several different irritants (called “algogens” throughout the journal paper). Some had multiple pain insensitivities, while others had none.
Camels | Answers in Genesis From their nose to their feet, camels are perfectly suited to their desert environments.
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Do Drinking Giraffes Have Headaches? | Answers in Genesis Darwin saw no problems with giraffe evolution. However, he was not aware of certain problems peculiar to giraffes which make his easy assumption of giraffe evolution even more difficult to accept.
Bat Sonar Points to Creation | Answers in Genesis ‘This sonar [of the bat] is a marvellous discriminator: in a bat–swarm, in cave or night air, a bat can know its own sound among thousands of mobile neighbours, even detecting its own signals.
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Flying Foxes | Answers in Genesis Bats comprise nearly one fifth of all mammal species and are distinct from other mammals in several ways. There are over 1,100 different bat species. As the only mammal designed for sustained flight, bats are very distinctive in appearance.
Beavers: God’s Natural Builders | Answers in Genesis Because of the curse after Adam and Eve’s sin, life for all living things is hard. But God is gracious and gifted creation with natural builders to restore habitats and create ecosystems. Since April 7 is International Beaver Day, let’s look at these busy builders.
What’s in a Look? | Answers in Genesis Does the difference in eye contact times between domesticated dogs, dingoes, and wolves prove an evolutionary progression from one to another?
Sea Bear of the Frozen North | Answers in Genesis The polar bear is also referred to as the “white bear,” “sea bear,” and “northern bear.” An estimated 40,000 of them make their home on the southern edge of the Arctic ice cap.
Camels—Confirmation of Creation | Answers in Genesis It is a dry, hot, day in the desert. There is no water in sight. The wind is thick with sand, and the dunes continually shift underfoot. These conditions prove no problem for the camel.
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Echidna—Outback Oddity | Answers in Genesis Evolution is hard-pressed to
explain this prickly little digger.
That’s because the Creator made
it like no other single animal.
Bulletproof Banditos | Answers in Genesis Wandering around America’s grasslands is one of the
world’s most talented banditos. But robbing vaults and
escaping capture requires more than a tough hide.
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Connecting the Dots | Answers in Genesis The ScienceBlogs website indicates intra-abdominal testicles show that elephants may have evolved from a common ancestor of manatees or whales.
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Kangaroo Rats | Answers in Genesis Despite its name and hopping gait, the kangaroo rat actually has more in common with a camel than with its much larger marsupial namesake.
Rats: No Evolution! | Answers in Genesis The small animals we call rats come in two types, the black rat and the Norway rat (Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus), and they have lived with man throughout history.
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Sloths: Slow on Purpose | Answers in Genesis Turns out, the three-toed sloth is a complex creature that serves as a testimony to the resourceful and highly imaginative Creator God.
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Sea Otters | Answers in Genesis Fun-loving and playful on the surface, otters serve a critical role in the Creator’s underwater gardens.
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Robo-Bats | Answers in Genesis As far as fliers go, most humans probably prefer watching birds or butterflies to bats. But in addition to sonar, bats have other interesting design features.
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Not Just Horsin’ Around | Answers in Genesis While horses have many uses, from transportation to recreation, they have provided Rebekah Holt an opportunity to teach others about the Creator.
Wonderfully Made … the Armadillo | Answers in Genesis Should you venture into the south-eastern United States, or almost anywhere south of there into South America, you might be treated to the sight of an armadillo.
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Lasting Impressions | Answers in Genesis Skunks, like many other creatures, have design features which can help them to cope in a post-Fall world, after the Curse on all creation because of Adam's rebellion.
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Beavers | Answers in Genesis The dam building ability of beavers is fairly well known, but beavers possess other amazing design features which God has included in their anatomy.
Mary Had a Little Lamb | Answers in Genesis Remember the nursery rhyme, ‘Mary had a little lamb …’? No doubt this simple poem was based on a real, living, lamb. Somebody, somewhere thought and planned and wrote the rhyme. It required a designer
Why Pandas Have Six Fingers | Answers in Genesis The red panda is supposed to show evidence for evolution. We are told it is a meat-eater that no longer eats meat, and it has supposedly evolved a small 'sixth finger' from a wristbone.
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Did You Know: Red Panda | Answers in Genesis The raccoon-like Red Panda is supposed to show us good proof of evolution. We are told it is a meat-eater that no longer eats meat.
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Reptiles | Answers in Genesis Snakes, lizards, alligators, and other reptiles may or may not be your favorite animals, but certainly their brilliant design draws attention to their Designer.
Lethal Lizards | Answers in Genesis The existence of venom in so many animals has long challenged creationists. How did it show up in a very good creation?
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Gecko: Designed to Climb | Answers in Genesis The gecko is designed to climb. Scientists had to magnify the gecko’s foot thousands of times to find out its secret to defying gravity.
How Did Iguanas Get to Fiji? | Answers in Genesis How Fijian iguanas made the journey to the islands of Fiji has been a mystery in the evolutionary worldview—but researchers think they’ve solved the mystery.
Lizards on Lava | Answers in Genesis Scientists studying a species in the Mojave Desert, known as side-blotched lizards, have learned that individual lizards can change coloring within a few weeks.
Decked Out for the Desert | Answers in Genesis Horned lizards aren’t known for speed to avoid predators or
venom to bring down threats. But these miniature dragons
have tricks for desert survival.
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Does the Bible Say That Cobras Make Themselves Deaf? | Answers in Genesis When examining the text, it is easy to see that Scripture is not claiming that snakes are or have the ability to make themselves deaf. David, through the use of poetic imagery, is comparing his enemies to dangerous serpents that appear to be docile but are cunning and deadly.