Caterpillar Controversy Discloses Deep Evolutionary Disagreement

In August 2009, a retired marine biologist officially challenged the standard Darwinian interpretation of caterpillar origins. His paper was fast-tracked to publication by a “high-placed advocate,” but shortly afterward his ideas were rebutted in the very same journal.

While this back-and-forth exchange has sparked intense criticism over the submission and review processes that were used, the situation also reveals core problems with broad-scale evolution. More...

Shrimp Eye May Inspire New DVD Technology

Mantis shrimps are large, colorful marine creatures that see more colors than humans can. While humans see only three primary colors—blue, red, and green—the eyes of these shrimp detect twelve.

Researchers who investigated the distinct biological machinery inside mantis shrimp eyes have expressed confidence that their ocular mechanism could be used in an advanced generation of digital video players. More...

Are Humans Evolving? Depends on Your Definition.

Observable change is happening in humans, albeit slowly and only for certain traits. Data from females participating in the Framingham Heart Study were recently analyzed.

The results suggest that a slow shift in height and weight is occurring, leading some to conclude that “evolution is still in action.” More...

Anthropologist Says Ancestors Were Faster Than Modern Olympians

Some evolutionists tend to believe that humans are continually improving―getting more robust, smarter, and faster. However, science increasingly indicates that the opposite is occurring.

An anthropologist has calculated that ancient Australians would have easily outpaced a world champion sprinter. More...

Rainforest Fossils Demonstrate Dramatic Climate Change

Researchers are recovering beautiful fossils from the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. Most recently, a study examined the formation’s fossilized flora and the rainforest environment in which they lived.

There is evidence of dramatic ocean surface temperature changes, as well as global and local climate changes, since the formation was deposited. More...

New Fossil Cache Shows Plants Haven't Changed

A coal mine in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia has yielded a gold mine of fossils. This particular cache preserved a time in earth history when the tropical climate was quite different from today’s.

But despite the different climate, the fossilized tropical plants were the same as today’s, albeit less diverse. More...

Does Altered Fish Vision Exhibit Evolution?

Biologists recently analyzed special proteins in fish eyes that capture light photons, making vision possible. By comparing the sequences of a critical protein from different fish, they identified a particular alteration that likely occurred somewhere along the line of this fish’s ancestry.

The altered protein resulted in the fish seeing visible light instead of ultraviolet rays. How relevant to big-picture evolution is this find? More...