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Puzzling Fossils at an Unlikely Time
Wherever and whenever life is found, it is incredibly complex. This certainly applies to cyanobacterial photosynthetic life that supposedly were some of the simplest and very first organic life forms...
A Theory Designed to Be...Anti-Design | The Creation Po.,.
Science is objective. At least, that’s what we’re told. But there are inherent issues with this statement that can cause very real confusion. How can two rational,...
Seeing the Case for Creation in Fruit Flies
Our brain is designed to smoothly and constantly process what we see via the incredibly sensitive photoreceptors (cones and rods) of our eyes.1 But throughout a typical day, our eyes may...
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Amazing Defense Systems
Bacteria (prokaryotes) are ubiquitous. A fraction cause disease in people, animals, and plants, but the majority are the foundation for the global food web, the nitrogen cycle, soil formation, and are...
Octopus and Fish Plan a Complex Coordinated Hunt
The octopus—an invertebrate—never fails to surprise researchers with its incredible abilities.1,2
The octopus was designed by the Lord Jesus with amazing powers of perception,...
A ''40 million year old'' 100% European Gnat
Finding well-preserved creatures in amber1 is a landfall for creation scientists, much like the numerous discoveries of soft dinosaur tissue in fossils.2 Another find has...
The Undeniable Power of Narrative | The Creation Podcas.,.
Science is objective. At least, that’s what we’re told. But there are inherent issues with this statement that can cause very real confusion. How can two rational, intelligent...
Paintbrush of the Creator
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...
November 2024 ICR Wallpaper
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NKJV)
ICR November 2024 wallpaper is...
RNA Hoops: When Circular Reasoning Makes Sense
If the regulatory picture of the genome were not complicated enough, over the past decade scientists have discovered another level of Darwinian-defying biocomplexity involving a whole new class...
Applying the Theory of Biological Design to Optimal Owl.,.
by Randy J. Guliuzza, P.E., M.D., and Aaron T. Guliuzza, P.E.*
If the greatest writers had been well-versed in fields of science, then history might have also remembered them...
A Journey to the Truth of Creation
I recently had lunch with the chief academic officer of a local Christian university. As we connected over our meal, I could see his excitement about ICR’s research and our Discovery Center. He...
The Jaw-Dropping Design in Hawaii's State Fish
Hawaiians call their state fish the humuhumunukunukuapua’a, or humuhumu for short, and snorkelers marvel at its wild paint job as it flits beneath basalt reefs. Scientifically named Rhinecanthus...
Gunnison National Forest: Adaptable Aspens and Warped Rocks
Gunnison National Forest’s 1.67-millionplus acres showcase stunning views of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The Continental Divide forms its eastern border, and other parks nestle against its many...
Creation Kids: Owls
by Sydney Walters 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...
Reformation Day, October 31
Five hundred years ago in Wittenberg, Germany, an unusual scholar changed the course of human history using pen and hammer. Dr. Martin Luther protested unbiblical church teachings and practices—especially...
Creation's Bullseye
The first sentence in a recent evolutionary news story set the stage for the rest of the article: “Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that...
The Fascinating Feathers of Our Flying Friends | Creati.,.
Birds are incredible creatures, able to fly and migrate with ease. Beyond that, their feathers are exceptionally designed, allowing our avian friends to do what they do best.
Hosts...
Is a Spiny Slug the Mollusc's Ancestor?
The phylum Mollusca (molluscs) is an amazing1 and diverse assemblage of invertebrates. It includes squids, clams, tusk shells, octopuses, snails, and chitons.
What was the origin of this...
The Foul Fruits of Racism | The Creation Podcast: Episode 84
Racism and its foul fruits have plagued humanity for thousands of years and in the past couple of centuries it seems to have only reared its ugly head all the more. There are some that...
Central Greenland Recently Ice-Free, But Why?
Microfossil willow wood, fungi, insect body parts, and a poppy seed have been recovered from sediments at the bottom of central Greenland’s two-mile-long GISP2 ice core.1,2 This find...
Alleged Protocells
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,...
Evolution vs. a Family That Walks on All Fours
In 2006 a story broke that a Kurdish family in southern Turkey had a number of their members that walked on their palms. This caused excitement among some in the evolutionary community because they...
''Surprisingly Recent'' Lunar Volcanism?
Tiny volcanic glass beads suggest “surprisingly recent” lava flows on the moon that are “difficult to reconcile with the accepted history of lunar volcanism.”1,2 These...
On the Origin of Racism | The Creation Podcast: Episode 83
Racism and its foul fruits have plagued humanity for thousands of years and in the past couple of centuries it seems to have only reared its ugly head all the more. There are some that...
Methuselah-Like Longevity in Pre-Flood Mammals
Genesis claims that people in the pre-Flood world routinely attained 900-year lifespans. The best-known example is Methuselah, who had the longest recorded lifespan of 969 years (Genesis 5:27). Skeptics...
Was an Insect Ancestor Discovered?
There is nothing simple about an animal group called the euarthropods (phylum Euarthropoda), which includes insects, crustaceans, and extinct trilobites.
Evolutionists stated in a recent issue of...
October 2024 ICR Wallpaper
"The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined." (Isaiah 9:2 NKJV)
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ICR 2024 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...
Collapsed Utah Arch Prompts Questions about Arch Formation
We lost a natural wonder to gravity and erosion on Thursday, August 8, 2024.1 Those who visited Double Arch, also called “Hole in the Roof Arch,” in Glen Canyon National Recreation...
Beetle Blasts and Biomimetics | Creation.Live Podcast: .,.
Though tiny, the bombardier beetle is a fascinating masterclass in design. Evolutionists claim that this explosive insect came about by chance, but frankly, that's impossible.
Hosts...
Another Arch Collapse at a National Park
Erosion and other natural forces upon sedimentary formations such as exposed cliffs and arches belie the millions of years during which they allegedly existed.1,2
Recently,
A popular...
Living in Light of Genesis | The Creation Podcast: Epis.,.
The world tells us that the book of Genesis is, if not entirely, at least partially a myth. We are told that history, archaeology, and science contradict supernatural creation and that there...
Does Pauli Exclusion Rescue Dino Protein?
Perhaps no other fossil discoveries have rocked the world of paleontology more than original organics like proteins in old bones. ICR helps curate a list of mainstream science publications that describe...
Support the ICR Discovery Center on North Texas Giving .,.
It's North Texas Giving Day! We invite you to support our unique creation museum and planetarium in Dallas, TX—the ICR Discovery Center. Your gifts on this special day will help us continue...
Evolution's Hypothetical Last Universal Common Ancestor
Evolutionists utilize a theoretical tree of life that takes people, plants, and animals back into deep evolutionary time to an unobserved, unknown, hypothetical last universal common ancestor (LUCA)....
More Woolly Mammoth DNA
Woolly mammoths of the Ice Age1 were once found in huge numbers in Siberia, northern Europe, and North America.
Organic remains from “prehistoric” animals such as dinosaurs...
Giants, Genetics, and Pre-Flood Longevity | The Creatio.,.
Scripture describes humans living for a very long time, nearly a millennium before the Flood. Many scoff at this, stating this is reason to disregard the Bible. Even some evangelicals claim...
Reflecting on Five Years of the ICR Discovery Center
Since its grand opening on September 2, 2019, the ICR Discovery Center has encouraged thousands of visitors from all over the world with science that proclaims Scripture. Thursday, September 5, the...
The Magnificence of a Colorful Autumn: Beauty and Compl.,.
Scientists have long endeavored to comprehend the transformations that take place in trees and plants throughout the autumn season. While lacking complete knowledge, they possess sufficient understanding...
September 2024 ICR Wallpaper
"God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed...
Why Biology Needs A Theory of Biological Design—Part 4
Nobel Prize-winning German physicist Max Planck perceptively observed that “if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”1 That pithy statement...
Proclaiming Christ in Paradise: An Interview with Dr. B.,.
For more than 50 years, the Institute for Creation Research has investigated the evidence showing how science supports the Bible’s account of a recent creation. The Lord Jesus Christ created the...
Fossil Sharks Show Signs of Greater Past Longevity
Some fossil sharks grew very large.1 Researchers estimate Otodus megalodon, popularized by the Meg movies, was at least 46 feet long and possibly more than 66 feet. By way of comparison,...
La Brea Tar Pits at Hancock Park: Post-Flood Catastrophes
The La Brea Tar Pits have fascinated visitors ever since Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá chronicled the site in 1769.1 But even before that, humans had likely used the “tar”...
Engineered Parallel Gene Codes Defy Evolution
Researchers over the past decade have been characterizing new, previously hidden genetic codes embedded within the same sections of genes that code for proteins—utterly defying all naturalistic...
Sharing Our Creator's Truth
My name is Bill, and I’m the information technology manager at the Institute for Creation Research. I keep everything technical running and make sure everyone here at ICR has what they need to...
Creation Kids: Geysers
by Renée Dusseau 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...
Long Ages and the Bible—What’s the Problem?
The problem with mixing long ages and the Bible stems from how someone interprets Genesis 1 and 2. If these chapters are read as symbolic and/or poetic (not as a literal, historical account of how God...
Living for a Millennium?! | The Creation Podcast: Episode 80
Scripture describes humans living for a very long time, nearly a millennium before the Flood. Many scoff at this, stating that this is reason to disregard the Bible. Even some evangelicals...
More Mixed Land and Marine Fossils in Wales
Flood geologists expect to find marine fossils mixed in the same layers as land animal and land plant fossils. We see it all over the world.1,2 Scientists can directly observe the results...
The Mind-Blowing Purpose of Outer Space | Creation.Live.,.
What is the purpose of space? The night sky is a vast canvas of stars and planets, far more than we could ever count, yet the Lord knows them all by name!
Host Trey and ICR physicist...
Salamander-Like Tetrapod Didn’t Live in the Cold
A recent discovery of a crocodile-size tetrapod (four-legged animal) in high latitudes has some conventional scientists baffled.1 How could cold-blooded animals survive in cold-temperature...
Chimp Chat Study Confirms Language Is Human
Animals communicate but not with language. Where did language come from and why do we humans all use it? Evolution-based answers are restricted to options that leave out a Creator, even when evidence...
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Do Tiny Mammal Fossils Corroborate Pre-Flood Longevity?
Tooth growth patterns in fossils of the mouse-like Jurassic mammal Krusatodon show that it grew slowly and had a “surprisingly long” lifespan compared to mammals of similar size today.1...
Darwin vs. Mendel: A Battle of Worldviews | The Creatio.,.
Living things, whether animal or plant, exhibit a variety of traits that can change from generation to generation. These trait variations can help them adapt to thrive in certain situations....
Sneak Preview of "Proclaiming Christ in Paradise"
Students at Dudley High School react to a humorous moment during a creation science assembly.
Image credit: Search for the Truth Ministries. Used with permission.
For more than 50...
Butterfly Variation and AI-Powered Research
Entomologists have long been involved in the rewarding field of butterfly research. Recent Lepidopteran discoveries have been incredible and have nothing to do with real, vertical evolution.1–3
Now,...
Recent Green River Bat Fossils
There’s nothing more fascinating in the evening sky than the erratic flight of what looks like a bird but is actually a ravenous, feeding bat. Using their amazing sonar,1 they effortlessly...
Humans Butchered Giant “Armadillos”
Analysis of cut marks on Ice Age bones of a large armadillo-like glyptodont from Argentina suggests that humans killed and used these creatures for food.1,2 The cut marks belonged to fossil...
New Ankylosaur Discovery
Ankylosaurs are herbivorous dinosaurs found in flood rocks. They are classified in the reptilian order of Ornithischia or “bird-hipped” (having a hip design with ischium and pubis bones...
August 2024 ICR Wallpaper
"Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you." (1 Samuel 12:24 NKJV)
ICR August 2024 wallpaper is now available...
Darwin, Hitler, and the Holocaust Part 3 - One People, .,.
From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies systematically murdered approximately six million Jews in a genocide known as the Holocaust. This was, at the time, around two-thirds of Europe’s...
Flood Mixed Nevada Crocodile Fossil in Ocean Sediments
The effects of the Genesis Flood are seen worldwide with deposits of terrestrial animals, such as dinosaurs and many other kinds of animals, often mixed together with marine animals.1–3
Recently,...
The Breathtaking Complexity of Information Within Cells.,.
Despite their microscopic size, cells are immensely complex and uniquely engineered to process vast amounts of information.
Hosts Trey and Lauren are joined by Dr. Royal Truman...
Trilobite Troubles in '24
The phylum Arthropoda is the largest animal phylum on the planet. These animals are designed with paired, jointed appendages and a chitinous exoskeleton. ICR’s Dr. Tim Clarey stated,
Arthropods...
A Billion-Year Evolutionary Tale
All cells come from previous cells. In order to produce a new cell, the Lord Jesus designed a process called the cell cycle. This is a highly ordered sequence of four events or phases within the cell...
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
Inspired by God’s creation mandate in Genesis 1:28, humans across the centuries have sought ways to optimize processes, solve problems, and ultimately “subdue” the world for our benefit....
Darwin, Hitler, and the Holocaust Part 2 - More Than An.,.
From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies systematically murdered approximately six million Jews in a genocide known as the Holocaust. This was, at the time, around two-thirds of Europe’s...
Did the Human Heart Evolve from Apes?
The amazingly designed pump we call the heart has made evolutionary news recently.
Ffion White of Swansea University in Wales recently stated in an article on heart architecture that, “Despite...
Recent Paleontological Discoveries Are Just What Creati.,.
Current news from the field of paleontology is what creationists expected and even predicted. Whether recent fossil discoveries are invertebrates or vertebrates, they will not document gradual evolutionary...
New Evidence for Catastrophic Plate Tectonics (CPT)?
Geophysicist Samantha Hansen and colleagues may have just strengthened evidence for catastrophic plate tectonics (CPT), the leading theoretical model for explaining the Genesis Flood.1 Almost...
The Price of Freedom
"And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born" (Acts 22:28).
The privilege of being a freeborn Roman citizen was indeed...
Darwin, Hitler, and the Holocaust Part 1 - A Faulty Fou.,.
From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies systematically murdered approximately six million Jews in a genocide known as the Holocaust. This was, at the time, around two-thirds of Europe’s...
July 2024 ICR Wallpaper
"For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve on another." (Galatians 5:13 NKJV)
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Intelligently Designed Flapping Frequencies
Physicists at Roskilde University in Denmark have shown that a single equation correctly describes the frequency of wing and fin strokes for a wide array of flying and swimming creatures, including...
Why Biology Needs A Theory of Biological Design—Part 3
Have you ever been reading a story when it dawns on you that the author merely took a biblical account and reset it to modern times with renamed characters? This isn’t uncommon, but at times biblical...
ICR Veteran Don Barber Retires
Don and Rebecca Barber
After 34 years with the Institute for Creation Research, Don Barber retired on March 31, 2024. His eventful life leading up to ICR uniquely equipped...
Makoshika State Park: Dinosaur Myths and Wonders
by Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Tommy Lohman*
Makoshika State Park, located just southeast of Glendive, Montana, became a state park in 1939. Its badlands feature steepsided, rugged terrain carved...
Genetic Recombination: A Regulated and Designed Chromos.,.
According to the evolutionary paradigm, complex genetic information in the form of genes and regulatory DNA can randomly evolve through mutations and selection. But this erroneous idea becomes more...
Exceedingly, Abundantly Grateful
As I finished another year of teaching in the spring of 2023, I knew the Lord was preparing me for something different in my career—I just didn’t know what it was. For the past seven years,...
Creation Kids: Butterflies
by Renée Dusseau 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...
July-August 2024
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Evangelism, Apologetics, and Fighting a False Gospel | .,.
How do we share the Gospel in a society where truth is subjective? How can we effectively reject the insidious counterfeit gospels that have crept into Christian circles?
Hosts...
Lamprey Lunacy
Lampreys are a group of strange-looking jawless fish of the order Petromyzontiformes. Since evolutionists reject the biblical origins model, they must embrace these creatures as our ancient ancestors.1...
Stasis and More Stasis in Living Fossils
Living fossils have been a challenge to evolutionists ever since Darwin coined the phrase in 1859.1,2 They are members of a living species of creatures that are virtually identical to those...
Scaly Skin on a Feathered Dinosaur?
Fossil experts from University College Cork in Ireland took stunning images of Psittacosaurus skin. The dinosaurs’ belly shows patches of skin that glow orange under UV light. However, the top...
Florida Fossil Shows Porcupines Have Always Been Porcupines
The porcupine is an animal (rodent) that one does not soon forget. It is armed with formidable quills that deter even the hungriest predators. What was their origin? Evolutionists do not know.
Barbiere...
Webb Telescope Discovers Another Record-Breaking Galaxy
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have recently confirmed that two galaxies are extremely distant, with one becoming the new record holder as the most distant galaxy from Earth.1,2...
The Power of Film & Video: Reaching All Ages with Truth.,.
Is there a place for the use of film and video within Christianity? If so, how can we leverage this powerful tool to reach viewers of all ages with the truth of the Gospel?
Join...
New Titanosaur Species Discovered in Uruguay and Argentina
The pre-Flood world had some truly massive dinosaurs, and the largest of them were in the group Sauropodomorpha.1 Within this group were titanosaurs, which include the gigantic Argentinosaurus...
T. rex Not as Smart as Thought
Have movies and most conventional paleontologists got it all wrong? T. rex and other theropod dinosaurs (the meat-eaters) are often portrayed as intelligent predators that can outmuscle and outsmart...
June 2024 ICR Wallpaper
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8 NKJV)
ICR June 2024 wallpaper is now available for mobile, tablet,...
A “Just-so” Story About Ancient Genes
An evolutionary website recently published “a groundbreaking study” that supposedly identifies a basic, uncomplicated, “simple” creature as the ancient ancestor of all bilaterians...
Dinosaurs with Bird Brains??? | The Creation Podcast: E.,.
Evolutionists claim that birds are descended from dinosaurs. A feature that is often cited as linking these two types of creatures is the brain. But are the brains of dinosaurs and birds really...
From Ruins to Revelation: Truths Revealed Through Bibli.,.
The Bible is full of people and places that are seemingly lost to time, but through the field of archaeology, new finds are shedding light on the incredible authenticity and accuracy of God's Word!
Hosts...
Bergmann’s Rule Falsely Refuted
A recent study of dinosaur sizes claims to break Bergmann’s rule.1 Bergmann’s rule was named after biologist Carl Bergmann, who in 1847 noticed that warm-blooded animals tended...
New Shark Fossil from Arkansas
The fossil record contains a plethora of shark teeth, but fossilized shark skeletons are exceptionally rare. When they are found, though, they are always 100% sharks.1,2
Because shark...
Photosynthetic Proteins Power Plants
Some scientists think the photosynthetic process is all but figured out since the discovery of more details regarding the place, assembly, and function of some of the more cryptic molecules involved...
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Uncovering the Secrets of Earth's Oceans | The Creation.,.
The oceans cover most of our planet's surface. Uniformitarians claim the oceans are nearly 4 billion years old, but the evidence says otherwise.
Host Trey and Dr....
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The Spectral IR Ledge
Life requires many parameters in order to survive and thrive. The more data that are uncovered, the more evidence there is that Earth and its environs...
Oxygen-Based Adaptive Engineering in Blind Cavefish
A wide array of fish, amphibians, and arthropods have successfully colonized cave environments. In their cave adaptation, these creatures display complex...
Bat Echolocation Defies Evolutionary Explanations
Bats are the only flying mammals. What was their origin? According to evolutionists,
The 50-million-year-old bat specimens are already recognizable...