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Another Big Mistake in Evolution
The strange and wonderful coelacanth1 has long been a challenge to evolutionists.
The coelacanth has long been hailed as an ancestor to amphibians and other tetrapods as their lineage...
ICR 2025 Resource Catalog
At the Institute for Creation Research, our mission is not only to conduct research demonstrating how science confirms Scripture but also to share this with others so they, too, may glorify Jesus as the...
Show Your Love for the ICR Discovery Center on North Te.,.
Thursday, September 18, is North Texas Giving Day! We invite you to join others in supporting ICR’s unique ministry as well as our creation museum and planetarium in Dallas, Texas—the ICR...
Living Gyroscope in Flies
The lowly fruit fly (Drosophila) is the research biologist’s friend in fields such as biomedical science, genetics, and developmental biology. The insect takes up little space, is easily fed,...
Deliverance from Fear
“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4)
There are many things in such a world as ours that can bring fear into human hearts—fear of want,...
Turning Point Founder Charlie Kirk Is Now with the Lord
Courageous Christian and creation supporter Charlie Kirk was murdered on September 10, 2025, while speaking at a Turning Point USA event held at Utah Valley University.1 Mr. Kirk was famous...
Project Artifact: The Spear
DALLAS, TX, September 9, 2025 — It’s finally here! Today marks the official launch of the Institute for Creation Research’s highly anticipated, first-ever graphic novel Project Artifact:...
Can We Build a REAL Jurassic Park?! | The Creation Podc.,.
In 1993, the movie Jurassic Park took the world by storm with its compelling characters, excellent cinematography, industry-altering special effects, and… unfortunately,...
Flood Tsunamis Transported Trees and Amber
A recent study published in Scientific Reports found strange globs of tree resin (amber) mixed within claimed ancient (Cretaceous) deep-water sediments on Hokkaido Island in northern Japan.1...
Secular Paper Admits ''Unreasonable Likelihood'' of Abi.,.
A recent popular science article begins with the words, “A new study published in July 2025 tackles one of science’s most profound mysteries – how did life first emerge from non-living...
September 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork...
Happy Labor Day 2025
“For we are laborers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.” (1 Corinthians 3:9)
Labor Day was established as a national holiday in this country...
Evolutionary Myths of Conventional Science
by Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Michael J. Boyle, Ph.D.*
One of the most influential ideas over the history of the world is that billions of years of nothing created everything! Remarkably, this idea...
Blind Cavefish Unmask the Convergent Evolution Myth
Within the ever-expanding theory of evolution, there is a system of specialized language designed to identify each major interpretative concept. Some terminology is so versatile that it could be applied...
Evolutionary Vestigial Features: Worse Than Myth, a Scam
Due to teachers’ influence during the formative years of young people’s lives, they can be a powerful force in spreading evolution to new generations. Teachers carry real authority. They...
The Big Bang Myth
According to the most popular conventional origins story, space, energy, time, and matter as we know them came into being 14 billion years ago when a hypothetical process called inflation caused space...
Darwin's Galápagos Finches: The Myth of Natural Selection
A group of birds known as Darwin’s finches (genus Geospiza) lives in the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of Ecuador. These birds got their fame from Charles Darwin’s...
A Booming Generation
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, and answered them after the advice of the young men.…And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto...
The Myth of Abiogenesis
The origin of life on Earth is one of the most polarizing issues across the history of mankind. From the perspective of conventional science, life emerged by the production of living matter from nonliving...
Busting the Myth about Lucy
by Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Chris Rupe, Ph.D.*
Most folks consider our ape ancestry as established science, with Lucy as the main link. However, the story that we evolved from the same animal ancestors...
Archaeopteryx, Myth of a Transitional Fossil
In 1860, one year after the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, a wonderfully preserved fossil feather was discovered in the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. A year...
The Tiktaalik Missing Link Myth
In 2004, the paleontological community—and the world—was presented with what many evolutionists considered to be a dyed-in-the-wool missing link between fish and land animals (tetrapods)....
The Age of Reptiles Myth
We hear about the Age of Reptiles, also called the Age of Dinosaurs, almost as early as we can understand the idea. Even kindergarteners might be taught that dinosaurs lived in some lost era long before...
Pervasive Genome Functionality Destroys the Myth of Junk DNA
In 2001, the first rough draft of the human genome was published in a collaborative effort between private industry and the public sector.1,2 At that time, conventional scientists classified...
ICR Research Showcased at 2025 CRS Meeting
Drs. Michael Boyle, Tim Clarey, Randy Guliuzza, Frank Sherwin (Hon.), Brian Thomas, Jeff Tomkins, and I represented ICR at the 2025 Creation Research Society (CRS) meeting in July. One hundred ninety...
Five MORE Reasons You Can Absolutely Trust the Bible! |.,.
The Bible is God’s Word. At least, it claims to be. And for centuries Christians have staked their lives and eternities on its veracity. But there are many today, including...
Sedimentary Rock Does Form Fast!
A recent study published in Geology found that sedimentary rock can form in as little as 35 years.1,2 Before this, conventional geologists thought these types of rocks took vast amounts of...
Man of Science, Man of God: Johannes Kepler
Who: Johannes (or Johann) Kepler
What: Father of Physical Astronomy
When: December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630
Where: Born in Weil der Stadt, Württemburg, Holy Roman Empire, of German...
Man of Science, Man of God: Isaac Newton
Who: Isaac Newton
What: Father of Universal Gravitation
When: January 4, 1643 - March 31, 1727
Where: Woolsthorpe, a hamlet of Lincolnshire, England
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in...
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Man of Science, Man of God: Michael Faraday
Who: Michael Faraday
What: Father of Electromagnetism
When: September 22, 1791 - August 25, 1867
Where: South London, England
Michael Faraday was arguably the best experimentalist in the history...
FIVE Reasons You Can Believe the Bible! | The Creation .,.
The Bible is God’s Word. At least, it claims to be. And for centuries, Christians have staked their lives and eternities on its veracity. But there are many today, including...
A Big Texas Fossil Possum Is a Primate Ancestor?
Recently, University of Kansas paleontologists discovered a fossil of what they think is a “near-marsupial.”1 It is called Swaindelphys and was found in Big Bend National Park,...
Earth-Sized Lava World ''Circling the Drain''
Astronomers have discovered an earth-sized exoplanet, designated TOI-2431 b, that is so close to its host star that it completes a full orbit in just 5 hours and 22 minutes.1,2 Or, to put...
Origin of Biofluorescence in Fishes
Biofluorescence is a phenomenon in which creatures—plant or animal—absorb light at a certain wavelength and release or emit it at a different wavelength. The light from the animal becomes...
August 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." (Galatians 6:9 NKJV)
ICR's August 2025 wallpaper is now available for mobile,...
Quietly ''Devolving'' Tomatoes?
Apparently, evolution (and natural selection) can do almost anything:
If new forms appear, the credit goes to creative natural selection; if old forms fail to change, the conservative force is called...
Five Unforgettable Lessons Learned from the Scopes Tria.,.
The Scopes Trial is one of the most famous court cases in American history, and this year marks its one hundredth anniversary. Often, this is framed as a battle between science...
Yet Another Revised Age for the Land-Animal Ancestor
An allegedly vital piece of animal evolution was first discovered in 1984 in Scotland. Conventional scientists suggested the fossil of Westlothiana lizziae, a lizard-like reptile, is an example of an...
Pluto’s Largest Moon Looks Young
When the New Horizons space probe captured images of Pluto and its large moon Charon as it flew by in 2015, conventional scientists were surprised by the small number of craters in Charon’s southern...
Dr. James J. S. Johnson Goes Home to the Lord
Dr. James J. S. Johnson, chief academic officer and associate professor of apologetics for ICR’s School of Biblical Apologetics (SOBA), joined his Lord in heaven on the night of July 19, 2025....
55-Million-Year-Old Tree Frog…Is Still a Tree Frog
In the 1990s, Australian paleontologists discovered fossil frog bones during a dig in Murgon, Queensland.1 This new species of frog—Litoria tylerantiqua—was subjectively dated...
Setting Sights on Scopes: The Truth Behind the Infamous.,.
The Scopes Trial is one of the most famous court cases in American history, and this year marks its one hundredth anniversary. Often, this is framed as a battle between science and religion,...
Pastor and Longtime ICR Supporter Dr. John MacArthur No.,.
Faithful ICR supporter and pastor Dr. John MacArthur went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 14, 2025, completing his 86-year pilgrimage.1 Dr. MacArthur pastored Grace Community Church...
Did Earthworms Rewrite Their DNA to Survive on Land?
An earthworm news story was recently posted that openly questions Darwin’s gradual and slow evolutionary progress in the living world.1 The first paragraph of the EurekAlert! article...
Mysterious Erosion Confirms High Flood Boundary
Two separate research reports arrived at a similar conclusion.1,2 Both found an episode of mysterious erosion had occurred near the end of the Tejas Megasequence. This event likely correlates...
A Uniquely Designed Air-Filled Sac Within Birds’ Lungs
Soaring birds are a majestic sight to behold, especially when they undergo such climbing and endless spiraling so effortlessly. Not surprisingly, evolutionists see this elegant soaring ability as having...
Liberty and the Word of God
“And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts” (Psalm 119:45).
July 4th is called Independence Day here in our country because on that date 249 years ago our Declaration of Independence...
July 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33 NKJV)
ICR's...
The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle of Worldviews
Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, and its statue of William Jennings Bryan
Image credit: M. Mueller
The Scopes Monkey Trial, an event that’s often called the...
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Creation Mission in Fiji
Michele discusses pages from Explore the World with boys at an orphanage
Image credit: Brian Thomas
In 2024 my wife, Michele, and I went to Fiji for a fantastic creation mission.1...
Megasequences Down Under Support Progressive Global Flood
The Institute for Creation Research’s Column Project team recently completed analysis of the Australasian continent, which encompasses Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. The study compiled...
Entering By The Door
Recently, I hosted a visiting pastor from a large church at ICR’s Discovery Center. As I guided him through our Dallas museum, one conversation affirmed how important ICR’s mission is—not...
Creation Kids: T. rex
by Michael Stamp and Susan Windsor*
You're never too young to be a creation scientist and explore our Creator's world. Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s...
From Inference to Theory: A Common Design Case Study
Without a doubt, humans, chimpanzees, and other organisms share similar features. An early explanation was that these features reflect similar designs because they serve similar purposes. Then evolutionary...
Yosemite National Park, Part 1: Tiny Clues of a Grand P.,.
Yosemite National Park in California is a sure source of stunning scenery. It’s no wonder that American naturalist John Muir persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to preserve Yosemite Valley.1...
Long Non-Coding RNAs: The Unsung Heroes of the Genome
Evolutionary theory holds that all living things came about through random, natural processes. So conventional scientists believe the genome has developed through these means, and large sections of...
Man of Science, Man of God: George Washington Carver
Who: George Washington Carver
What: Father of Modern Agriculture
When: 1864 or 1865 – January 5, 1943
Where: Diamond Grove, Missouri
Probably no other scientist has had...
Valued Longtime ICR Employee Mary Smith Retires
Mary Morris Smith, an employee of the Institute for Creation Research for many years, has retired. The second daughter of ICR founder Dr. Henry M. Morris and his wife, Mary Louise, she was a child when...
Distant Galaxies Continue to Challenge the Big Bang
Recently, a team of scientists released data collected from 800,000 galaxies at different distances from Earth, all lying within the same narrow slice of the sky. Conventional scientists believe the...
Did Teeth First Evolve as Sensory Tissue?
One of the mysteries of evolution (there are so many) is the origin of teeth.
The past few years have witnessed a remarkable flurry of research on the origin or origins of vertebrate teeth. While...
''The Flood of Death'': A Mass Dino Grave in Canada
Paleontologists in Alberta, Canada, have recently unearthed “a mass grave on a monumental scale.”1 The BBC story speaks of
Thousands of dinosaurs [that] were buried here,...
The 100th Episode of The Creation Podcast! | Let's Talk.,.
What role do in-person events play for a creation science ministry? How can you host an event through ICR? Are these events still important in the digital age? Find the answers to all...
Bone, Skin, Claw Lasted…150 Million Years?
Experts and educators have long assumed Archaeopteryx represents a transition from theropod dinosaurs to modern birds. All of this speculation depends on the fossils having been deposited many millions...
How Did Earth Get Its Water?
Earth’s oceans contain 321 million cubic miles (1.335 billion cubic kilometers) of water. The moon causes ebb and flow of tides twice in a 24-hour period, while the wind, density variations, and...
New Fossil Discovery Upends Animal Evolution...Again
Reptiles belong to a group of animals called amniotes that also include birds and mammals. A new Australian fossil discovery of a clawed amniote demonstrates these animals appeared much earlier than...
100% Cicada Fossil
Cicadas are an unusual-looking insect belonging to the order Hemiptera (the true bugs, including bed bugs and aphids). If you live in the eastern United States or in the Midwest, you have undoubtedly...
Earth’s Origins: Science, Theology, and a New Geology.,.
Since the late eighteenth century, most scientists have argued for a uniformitarian view of Earth’s history. They claim the world that exists today was sculpted by natural processes...
June 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end." (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV)
ICR's...
Getting the Gospel into People's Hands | Creation.Live .,.
Can God use an atheist airline pilot to reach other nations with the truth of the Gospel? The answer, obviously, is yes.
Host Michael is joined by Chris and Tracy Lowes of Search...
''73-Million-Year-Old'' Alaskan Salmon
Fish evolution remains an enigma. Evolutionists can only say fish first “appeared” over a half-billion years ago.1 Creationists recognize fish have always been fish since their...
Chimp Genome Markedly Different from Human
An oft-repeated claim of evolutionary propaganda is that chimpanzee and human DNA are 98.5% identical. This high level of DNA similarity, which has been cherry picked from protein coding regions common...
God's Memorial Day
“And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:...
The Origin of Eukaryotes
Eukaryotes are multicellular organisms that contain diverse differentiated cell types. Within almost every cell there are subcellular compartments called organelles that manage specific functions. The...
Water vs. Wind: The Controversial Coconino | The Creati.,.
Welcome to the sixth episode in a series called “The Failures of Old Earth Creationism.” Many Christians attempt to fit old earth ideology into their beliefs, adopting uniformitarian...
Fossil Fish Finally Filmed
The bizarre lobe-finned coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) “that flourished some 350 million years ago”1 continues to be a thorn in the evolutionists’ side. Paleontologists...
The Mosasaur: A Giant Sea Dragon
Mosasaurs (order Squamata) were massive marine lizards that were common in the pre-Flood oceans. Therefore, it is not surprising that their fossils have been found on every continent.
According...
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Was Life Detected on a Distant Planet?
There was celebration, albeit briefly, for the discovery of potential life on a planet called K2-18b, which is 124 lightyears away from Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) picked up light...
Ichthyosaur Graveyard Explained by the Flood
Ichthyosaurs are marine reptiles that occur globally in the same rock layers as dinosaurs. Specimens with babies support the idea that they gave live birth, unlike most of today’s reptiles.
A...
What Do We Do With Geology's Unconforming Features? | T.,.
Welcome to the fifth episode in a series called “The Failures of Old Earth Creationism.” Many Christians attempt to fit old earth ideology into their beliefs, adopting uniformitarian...
Freshwater Fish Fossil in Australia
Yet another fish fossil has been discovered. This one was found in the Australian desert and was dated by evolutionists to be “15 million years old.”1 Like finding a 100% dinosaur...
May 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13 NKJV)
ICR's May 2025 wallpaper is...
Acoustic Communication in Animals
We are all familiar with vocalizations in the animal world. For example, dogs bark, birds sing, frogs croak, and whales send forth their own distinct sounds.1 Recently, a detailed investigation...
Creation Kids: Crystals!
by Michael Stamp and Susan Windsor*
You're never too young to be a creation scientist and explore our Creator's world. Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s...
May-June 2025
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ICR Publishes University-Level Earth Science Textbook
Dr. Richard Bliss, the former chair of ICR’s department of science education, authored a pioneering study demonstrating that students who were taught both sides in the creation-evolution debate...
The Transforming Influence of Genesis: Worker Dignity a.,.
When Pharisees questioned the Lord Jesus about marriage, He answered by quoting Genesis 1:27: “But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female’” (Mark...
Dinosaur National Monument: Fossil Graveyard of the Flood
Straddling the border of Utah and Colorado, Dinosaur National Monument (DNM) is one of the richest exposures of dinosaur fossils in the world.1 But not just dinosaurs are on display. DNM...
Genomic Tandem Repeats: Where Repetition Is Purposely A.,.
Tandem repeats (TRs) are short sequences of DNA repeated over and over again like the DNA letter sequence TACTACTAC, which is a repetition of TAC three times (Figure 1). In the early days of genomics,...
Credit Only Our Creator
History was my favorite subject as a young kid. But it always puzzled me when my teachers said, “We study history so that we don’t repeat it.” Surely, I thought, we wouldn’t...
Playing Chess with Little Furry Critters
God’s multifarious and marvelous designs for basic creature needs are so innovatively clever and providentially purposeful that Christ’s workmanship is repeatedly and ubiquitously demonstrated.1...
Giant ''Meg'' Shark: Longer and Leaner?
Fossil remains of the giant shark Otodus megalodon have been found in Miocene1 and Pliocene2 rock layers, which ICR scientists interpret as having been formed during the Genesis...
Searching for Truth Across the Globe | Creation.Live Po.,.
How can we bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the truth of creation to others outside our small spheres of influence?
Host Michael is joined by Bruce and Robin Malone and ICR...
Marine Mammals: Designed for Deep Diving
While you’re reading this, hold your breath. What is now happening is your blood is delivering the last of oxygenated blood cells to your tissues while carbon dioxide is rapidly building up (hypercapnia)....
Humanity's Demise at the Hands of Genetic Entropy | The.,.
Welcome to the fourth episode in a series called “The Failures of Old Earth Creationism.” Many Christians attempt to fit old earth ideology into their beliefs, adopting uniformitarian...
''Inside-Out'' Fossil is Amazingly Preserved
It is widely known that vast numbers of fossils—vertebrate and invertebrate—have been discovered incredibly well-preserved.1,2 Such preservation points clearly to a sudden, catastrophic...
The Resurrection and the Origin of Life
At Easter time we focus on the cardinal Christian doctrine of the Resurrection. Without the Resurrection, Christianity is a sham. The truth that Jesus Christ rose from the dead sets Christianity apart...
Is an Ancient Extinct Tree-Dweller Our Relative?
Human evolution has always been hazy with seemingly as many attempted explanations for how we evolved from animals as there are paleoanthropologists.
Evolutionists make refreshing admissions about...
The Return of the Dire Wolf?
There’s been much recent excitement about the birth of three dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) puppies by a Dallas-based biotech company: Colossal Bioscience. This is because evolutionists state the...
Cracks in the Layers: Lake Suigetsu and the Old Earth I.,.
Welcome to the third episode in a series called “The Failures of Old Earth Creationism.” Many Christians attempt to fit old earth ideology into their beliefs, adopting uniformitarian...
Fish Fossil Vomit
A rather unsavory news story recently appeared regarding fossilized vomit. Although it’s hardly dinner table conversation, it nonetheless supports the Flood narrative.
A piece of fossilized...
Dino Footprints Down Under
Dinosaur trackways1 are once again making the news. Australia is the setting of a remarkable series of dinosaur tracks attributed to ornithischian dinosaurs (one of two orders of dinosaurs).
Four...
April 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26 NKJV)
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Human Evolution and the Inner Ear
The vain attempt by evolutionists to make an evolutionary connection between people and ape-like ancestors continues. This time, it is in regard to the inner ear of a supposedly six-million-year-old...
Defending the Faith with a Rocket Scientist | Creation..,.
How do engineering principles, biological complexity, and a solid understanding of apologetics work together to further the cause of Christ? Why must believers be trained in ways to defend the faith?
Host...
Aerobic and Anaerobic Hot Spring Bacteria
God designed a domain of prokaryotes called Archaea that thrive in harsh and extreme environments. In 1969, two microbiologists, Thomas Brock and Hudson Freeze, discovered a heat-resistant bacterium...
The Soulless Hominid Theory: A Fatal Flaw in Old Earth .,.
Welcome to the second episode in a series called “The Failures of Old Earth Creationism.” Many Christians attempt to fit old earth ideology into their beliefs, adopting uniformitarian...
Humpback Whale Calls Echo Creation
There is nothing simple about the system of communication called language, whether animal or human.1 Human language is a very sophisticated arrangement of words and grammar created in the...
Fossil Crocodilians Grew Larger and Longer, and Lived L.,.
MARCH 21, 2025
In Creation Research Society Quarterly. 61 (3): 172-188.
Abstract
Whatever factor or factors enabled extreme human longevity in the pre- and immediate post-Flood worlds likely also affected the...
Mary Parker, Creation Ministry Partner of Dr. Gary Park.,.
Mary Parker, the wife and co-laborer of Dr. Gary Parker, went home to be with her Lord on March 20, 2025.
Dr. Parker was a popular and effective speaker with ICR for many years, and Mary was instrumental...
Plants Rely on Quantum Mechanics
Scientists will probably never fully understand photosynthesis as additional research uncovers even more fascinating mysteries.1,2 ICR’s Dr. Jeffery Tomkins gives an overview of this...
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The Teacher
“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient.” (2 Timothy 2:24)
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