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The Lipstick Vine: Evidence of Designed Adaption
In their desire to validate the questionable case for evolution, conventional biologists will appeal to local adaptation, variation, and ecological speciation as supporting evidence. This is exactly...
March 2026 ICR Wallpaper
"Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert." (Isaiah 43:19, NKJV)
ICR's...
Biblical Giants in the News
Recent claims that an Egyptian papyrus scroll may affirm the past existence of giants have gone viral,1,2 and news outlets still reported the claim over a week later.3 Of course,...
Making a TOBD Easy: A Conversation That Says It All
“I get what you’re saying! And I would love to think about biology from a design perspective, but I don’t even know where to begin,” my friend David said while walking to a breakout...
ICR in Thailand
As the unified body of Christ, we marvel when individual notes come together to form beautiful harmonic chords. Dino Dave and Dr. Brian were blessed to experience this firsthand when they traveled to...
Engineered Genomic Changes in Adaptation
Programmed genome rearrangements (PGRs) are deliberate, genetically controlled changes in an organism’s DNA sequence and chromosome structure that occur during normal development or in response...
How Can I Know Evolution Is Wrong?
Evolution pushes Christians to doubt what our Bibles say about creation by asserting impersonal processes made everything over eons. Scripture asserts God created everything over six days. How can we...
What Is a Charitable Gift Annuity?
A charitable gift annuity (CGA) is a simple, proven way to make a gift to ICR and receive fixed income for life—often at rates higher than CDs. Payments are secure, may be partly tax-free, and...
North Cascades National Park: Assembled During the Floo.,.
North Cascades National Park is sometimes called “the American Alps” for its stunning vistas that average about 5,000 feet above sea level, with the highest reaching 9,220 feet at Goode...
Creation Kids: Ladybugs
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
There’s...
March-April 2026
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Creation Research Debunking Chromosome 2 Fusion Confirm.,.
Recent conventional genetic research published in Cell Genomics undeniably confirms findings that were previously reported by the Institute for Creation Research back in 2013.1 Once again,...
Same Data, Different Conclusions: Why Assumptions Matte.,.
Two scientists can examine the same data and reach very different conclusions. Is that proof that science is broken or simply evidence that assumptions matter? A recent paper in Science Advances claims...
Fossil Crocodile Shows Clever Design
Some discoveries stand out, not because they change the story of evolution, but because they show clear design from the start. That is what happened when scientists found a new crocodile-like fossil...
Complex Calls Confirm Creation
Bird calls are something we often take for granted. After all, when we listen to them, we hear squawks, warbles, and chirps. Could there actually be information, something complex, that they’re...
Spring 2026
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Dismissals and Fiction: A Review of Hugh Ross’ Book N.,.
Hugh Ross’ latest book, Noah’s Flood Revisited: New Depths of Insight from Science and Scripture, is both dismissive of young earth creation (YEC) research and full of fabricated tales.1...
Honoring Our Leaders
"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable...
Secrets of Pre-Flood Ecosystems and Atmosphere Revealed
What was the pre-Flood world like thousands of years ago?1,2 With the advent of unearthing soft tissues in fossils,3 creation scientists continue to construct a picture of the...
Confirmed New Record for Most Distant Galaxy
A galaxy with the designation MoM-z14 has recently been confirmed as the most distant galaxy ever detected.1,2 By Big Bang reckoning, we are seeing this galaxy as it was just 280 million...
Insect Eyes Reflect Creation
Research into insect eyes continues to reveal amazing structure and function. For example, although fruit flies’ eyes are attached firmly to their heads, it was discovered that their retinas can...
February 2026 ICR Wallpaper
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD you God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:6, NKJV)
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Microgravity's Effect on Bacteriophages Is Not Evolution
The word evolution is often used imprecisely, leading the public to believe that any biological change is evolution, and, therefore, it’s a fact.1 But phenotypic variation within the...
Engineered for Extremes: The Hidden Precision of a Salt.,.
Water that is nearly five times saltier than the ocean is deadly to most animals. But in Utah’s Great Salt Lake, scientists have found a tiny roundworm living in these harsh waters. The organism,...
Giant Sequoias: Too Complex to Be Accidental | The Crea.,.
What living thing grows taller than a 25-story building, survives raging wildfires, and actually depends on those fires to reproduce? Giant sequoias do exactly that. Their cones, bark, and seeds work...
Bound by Design: How a Universal Temperature Law Reveal.,.
What if every living creature—from coral reefs and cold-water fish to mountain flowers and desert reptiles—followed the same hidden temperature rule? Scientists at Trinity College Dublin...
The Flood Explains 18,000 Dinosaur Tracks in Bolivia
A new discovery of 18,000 individual dinosaur tracks in the Bolivian El Molino Formation contains the highest number of theropod dinosaur tracks in the world.1 The tracks were spread over...
Prolonged 40-Year Growth in T. Rex: Evidence for Pre-Fl.,.
An open access 2026 PeerJ research paper claims that T. rex took 40 years to reach its full adult body size, in contrast to a much shorter previous estimate of 25 years.1–3 This study...
Recent Discovery of a Strange Microbe Gives No Clues to.,.
Research into God’s living creation is dynamic and always surprising. This is true whether one peers into the deepest reaches of space or dives into the unexpected in laboratory research. Indeed,...
Built to Adapt: What Microbial Flexibility Reveals abou.,.
Imagine a machine that keeps working even when its parts change slightly or its surroundings shift. Most human-made machines would fail under that kind of stress. Living cells, however, manage this...
Scientists Ignored This DNA Pattern for DECADES! | The .,.
Almost every living organism has tiny stretches of DNA that repeat over and over again. Scientists call these tandem repeats, and for a long time they were mostly ignored and even called ‘junk...
#1 Origins News Story of 2025: ICR Dr. Jeff Tomkins' Ch.,.
Research by ICR geneticist Dr. Jeff Tomkins was at the center of origins news in what has been called the “No. 1 Story for 2025.”1 The prestigious journal Nature confirmed (albeit...
Pterosaur Herbivory
The fascinating flying reptiles called pterosaurs are in the news again.1 In a not-so-surprising development, paleontologists have discovered a pterosaur fossil that was found to have small...
January 2026 ICR Wallpaper
"But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not...
Infrared Radiation and Pollination Reflects Recent Creation
by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Frank Sherwin, D.Sc. (Hon.)*
The fascinating pollination of plants has been complex from the beginning of creation. A recent article in Science magazine reported...
Did Scientists Find "6 Million-Year-Old Ice" .,.
by Jake Hebert, Ph.D., and Frank Sherwin, D.Sc. (Hon.)*
A small portion of surface ice in Antarctica is called blue-ice areas (BIAs), and for good reason. Air bubbles were squeezed out of the ice,...
Did Fossil Birds Live Longer than Today's Birds?
The Bible matter-of-factly states that humans living before and shortly after the Genesis Flood had centuries-long lifespans (Genesis 5 and 11). Yet the Bible gives no indication that this remarkable...
An Incredible Year of Advancement! 2025 Year in Review
Dr. Guliuzza at chapel in Corban University, Salem, Oregon
The Institute for Creation Research had another incredible year advancing creation science in 2025! As a long-time supporter of...
Longevity Before the Flood
When gazing through a telescope, we see beauty so vast even the most powerful optics can’t see how far it spans. Trillions of stars are arranged in perfect order, each declaring the matchless...
Why Is Natural Selection an Illusion?
Consider the following scenario. A population of organisms, let’s say racoons, lives in an environment somewhere on Earth and eats a variety of foods. Its kind has thrived in that relatively...
Creation Kids: Seasons
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Season’s...
Dinosaur Ridge: Last Stand of the Dinosaurs
Paleontologists have ranked Dinosaur Ridge as the top dinosaur track site in North America.1 Run by the nonprofit group Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, it was designated by the National Park Service...
Novel Orphan Genes Aid in Regulated Adaptation
Orphan genes (OGs) are genes that are unique to a specific kind of creature. This is especially significant when creatures that are considered evolutionary ancestors lack these genes. In other words,...
Sickle Cell Research Confirms TOBD Prediction: Directed.,.
Students of the creation-evolution debate know the changing explanations for how creatures originated and operate. Originally, the great minds of most pioneering scientists concluded that creatures...
The Complex Shape of DNA You’ve Never Been Taught | T.,.
If you could stretch out the DNA in just one of your cells, it would be six feet long! And yet, it fits inside a space smaller than the tip of a needle and knows exactly what to do to make you…...
A New Year's Resolution
“For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:2)
When Paul first entered the Greek city of Corinth, he had just come from...
The Lord Jesus: The Gift of Christmas
“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of...
Garments for the King
“All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.” (Psalm 45:8)
One of the most beautiful of the Christmas hymns (though...
Bold Claim, Hidden Design: What Salterella Reveals Abou.,.
What if a fossil no bigger than a grain of rice showed engineering so precise that it still puzzles scientists? That is the intrigue surrounding Salterella, a tiny cone-shaped creature recently studied...
Black Holes are BREAKING the Big Bang! | The Creation P.,.
Space is full of some of the strangest and most breath-taking objects in existence. Among them, black holes sit right at the top of the list. They're so powerful that nothing, not even light, can...
Where Did Most of Earth's Species Come From?
Evolutionary naturalism is locked into seeing the entire living world as having evolved from a single common ancestor many millions of years ago.1 If true, the fossil record should document...
A Molecular Snowmobile
People following—or actively involved in—creation science are no doubt aware of the incredible molecular motor called the flagellum,1,2 an ultra-tiny, whip-like appendage on bacteria...
Rhino Fossil Requires the "Impossible" from C.,.
A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution claims that the “impossible” actually happened—not just once, but three different times.1
Impossible Ocean...
The Bipedal Two-Step of Human Evolution
The supposed evolution of bipedalism continues to be a major obstacle in the narrative that humans evolved from apelike ancestors.1,2
For example, in 2024, researchers from New York University...
December 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool."...
Dr. Randy Guliuzza | From Learning to Leadership | The .,.
For more than 50 years, the Institute for Creation Research has continued its mission to show how scientific evidence confirms the truth of Scripture. But what leads someone to devote their life to studying...
The James Webb Space Telescope vs The Big Bang | The Cr.,.
When you look into the night sky, you’re seeing light that has traveled incredible distances to reach you. For centuries, astronomers have used telescopes to study the universe, and with each new...
Announcing the Acts & Facts Kids Edition for 2025!
Hi, kids!
Have you ever stopped to think about just how wonderful and amazing our world really is? Everywhere you look, from the tiniest bug to the biggest mountain, you can see signs of God’s...
Kids Edition 2025: Camouflage
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Have you ever...
Kids Edition 2025: Bears
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
What animal...
Kids Edition 2025
Hi, kids! When’s the last time you stopped to marvel at our beautiful world and beyond? This kids’ edition of Acts & Facts examines creatures across the animal kingdom and unique features...
Kids Edition 2025: Ostriches & Emus
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Ostriches...
Kids Edition 2025: Geckos
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Geckos are...
Kids Edition 2025: Biomimicry
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Have you ever...
Kids Edition 2025: Aquifers
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Imagine a...
Kids Edition 2025: The Sun & Stars
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
God made the...
Kids Edition 2025: Pluto & Dwarf Planets
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Have you heard...
Kids Edition 2025: Dinosaur Art & Artifacts
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Fossils, wall...
Kids Edition 2025: Human Eyes
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world God gave you to enjoy and take care of.
Your eyes...
Thanksgiving in Heaven
"And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD GOD Almighty, which are, and wast, and art to...
Kids Edition 2025: Just for Kids!
Hi, kids! When’s the last time you stopped to marvel at our beautiful world and beyond? This kids’ edition of Acts & Facts examines creatures across the animal kingdom and unique features...
Thanksgiving
“Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God” (II Corinthians 9:11).
The themes of praise and thanksgiving are very prominent...
Giving Thanks
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.” (Proverbs 4:7)
During this season of thanksgiving, let us reflect on one of our Heavenly Father’s...
Holding Fast Through Time: A Fossil Fly's Testimony to .,.
A remarkable fossil find in Australia has scientists buzzing—literally. In the Talbragar Fish Beds of New South Wales, researchers discovered a beautifully preserved midge fossil, Telmatomyia...
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The Evolutionary Status of Bioluminescence
There is nothing so beautiful (and sometimes breathtaking) than observing creatures designed with the ability to undergo fluorescence, the biological emission of light (also called bioluminescence).1...
Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace
“They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14)
This indictment by the prophet Jeremiah of the false...
Dinosaur Blood Vessels
by Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Frank Sherwin D.Sc,(Hon)*
Recently, the prestigious Royal Society published a fascinating paper regarding partial haemoglobin preservation in dinosaur fossils. The study’s...
November 2025 ICR Wallpaper
"Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever." (Psalms 107:1 NKJV)
ICR's November 2025 wallpaper is now available for mobile, tablet, and desktop! Download...
Dr. Brian Thomas | From Blindness to Belief | The Creat.,.
ICR’s science staff have spent more than 50 years researching scientific evidence that confirms the Bible's account of creation. But how does someone become a...
Discover the Evidence that Exists for the Bible!
For generations, the Bible has faced skepticism and challenges to its credibility. Critics have questioned whether it is merely a collection of stories or a true account of history. Yet time and again,...
Yosemite National Park, Part 2: Glaciers, Seeds, and Bi.,.
The beauty of Yosemite National Park is breathtaking, but the park holds more wonders than stunning scenery and craggy heights. And the history that’s printed in guidebooks and on trail signs...
How General Revelation Can Inform a Theory of Biologica.,.
Holiness! Omnipotence! Just exclaiming these attributes focuses our attention where it should rightfully go—to God. Another attribute often overlooked is that God is the great revealer. This means...
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 July 19, 2025. A longtime member...
Pseudogenes Are Not Pseudo Anymore
Introduction
One of the past arguments for evidence of biological evolution in the genome has been the concept of pseudogenes. These DNA sequences were once thought to be the defunct remnants of...
Go to Sleep, Wake Up, and Christmas!
One of my favorite Christmas memories happened when my youngest son, who is autistic, first began to understand the excitement of this joyous holiday. Like most children, he was eager for Christmas...
Designed to Fill the Waters
Marine invertebrate animals (jellyfish, crabs, snails, etc.) thrive within our global ocean, the largest habitable space on Earth. Their adult forms are commonly found on or within seafloor (benthic)...
Creation Kids: Llamas and Alpacas
by Bethany Trimble 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...
Silurian Horseshoe Crab
Supposedly, throughout the past hypothetical millions of years, sub-human primates became man, dinosaurs evolved into birds, and a group of mammals even returned to the oceans to become whales. But...
Stunning Enigmatic Dinosaur Discovered
New species that are 100% dinosaur continue to be discovered by paleontologists with increasing frequency. One such recent discovery, described as “both the oldest and most complete skeleton of...
The Coelacanth: A Living Window into God's Design
Imagine a fish designed with such precision that it has thrived in deep, dark ocean waters for generations unchanged, resilient, and wonderfully suited to its world. That’s the coelacanth, a mysterious...
Dr. Timothy Clarey | How Faith Shaped His Scientific Jo.,.
ICR’s science staff have spent more than 50 years researching scientific evidence that refutes evolutionary philosophy and confirms the Bible’s account creation....
Ant Super Smell: A Masterclass in God's Genetic Engineering
To an ant, the world is written in scent—and they read it with uncanny precision. A single colony can recognize thousands of chemical cues that guide foraging, mark trails, and maintain order....
Subsurface Oceans on Two Uranian Moons?
A team of researchers led by University of North Dakota planetary scientist Dr. Caleb Strom concluded that the two Uranian moons Ariel and Miranda (directly left and right of pale blue Uranus in the...
Slowing Plates Support High Flood Boundary
Flood geologists have predicted that plate motion slowed at the end of the Flood year, and now conventional scientists are finding it to be true. A recent study by Colleen Dalton and her colleagues...
Microscopic Ingenuity: Stentor and the Case for Intelli.,.
What if the smallest creatures held the biggest clues to life’s design? A 2025 study in Nature Physics investigates the remarkable behaviors of Stentor coeruleus, a trumpet-shaped unicellular...
Dr. Jeff Tomkins | A Scientist's Journey to Creationism.,.
ICR’s science staff have spent more than 50 years researching scientific evidence that refutes evolutionary philosophy and confirms the Bible’s account of a...
Early Fish Evolution?
The discovery of a new species of a plant or animal would probably not spark much excitement to the non-scientist. But in this case, the conditions surrounding the discovery of two new species of little-known...
Make Plans to Attend Our Estate Planning Workshop at th.,.
Did you know that up to 75% of Americans over 18 have no retirement or estate plans? Don’t wait to prepare for the future. Join us on Saturday, October 11, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the ICR...
Fossil Confusion in Ethiopia: Are Evolutionary Trees Bu.,.
A new study published in Nature describes the discovery of 13 fossilized teeth from the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia. They have been dated to between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago and are attributed...
The Only Mesozoic Dragonfly in Canada—Is a Dragonfly
In 2023, an undergraduate student from McGill University discovered a new dragonfly species in Alberta, Canada. In fact, “This is the first ever dinosaur-aged dragonfly found in Canada,”...
Dr. Jake Hebert | Journey to ICR | The Creation Podcast.,.
ICR’s science staff have spent more than 50 years researching scientific evidence that refutes evolutionary philosophy and confirms the Bible’s account of a...
Oldest Evidence of Butterflies
Insects such as the ubiquitous butterfly belong to the huge phylum Arthropoda (creatures having paired, jointed appendages and a chitinous exoskeleton). There is no indication this phylum evolved from...
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,...
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More Sin Caused Death
The Plague: Birth of a Killer
The bacteria that cause the plague have killed many people throughout history.1 Scientifically named Yersinia pestis, the bacteria enter human...
Thank God for. . . Scorpion Venom?
The vast majority of modern medicines are toxic at high concentrations or when misused, but they can promote health at low concentrations and when they...
Why Did God Create Such Terrible Teeth?
Just the sight of a crocodile's or alligator's large, tooth-filled gob invokes fear. From time to time those big green things dismember people.1...
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The Fossils Still Say No: Tumultuous Triassic Tussle
The Triassic system of the geologic column is an enigma to evolutionists because it represents both a continuance of many life forms found buried in...
Continuing Troubles for the Big Bang Model
Cosmology is the study of the origin and structure of the universe, and the Big Bang is the dominant secular cosmological model. Some Christians say...
Assembling the Pre-Flood World
Knowledge of the pre-Flood world is limited because the Bible only gives a few details. Some creationists have relied heavily on secular interpretations...
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