Who doesn’t enjoy the amazing color patterns of butterflies?^1,2 Such beautiful designs and construction do not reflect blind naturalistic forces³ but the Creator’s hand.^4,5

The phylum Mollusca (molluscs) is an amazing¹ and diverse assemblage of invertebrates. It includes squids, clams, tusk shells, octopuses, snails, and chitons.

In a February 1, 1871, letter to his best friend, botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, Charles Darwin suggested a warm little pond was the site where primitive life first arose.¹ But the place, time, and conditions of such a pond remain unknown.