Portal:Biology
From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science
Biology is the science discipline that studies life processes or characteristics of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, distribution and evolution. Creation biology is basically the study of biological systems under the inference that God created life on Earth with a finite number of discrete created kinds or baramin. While these forms of life have the ability to vary, and even undergo speciation, they cannot arise spontaneously from non-life, cannot interbreed outside of their kind, and cannot increase in genetic complexity.
The mimic octopus is a new and exciting creature recently discovered off the coast of Indonesia. The mimic octopus, not to be confused with the Wunderpus photogenicus (distinguished by its fixed white markings), is the first cephalopod discovered to impersonate other dangerous sea creatures by altering its behavior, actions, and/or color. The mimic is very intelligent and is able to determine which dangerous creature to impersonate based on which will present the greatest threat to the current predator. However, being a newly discovered species, research is still preliminary and the number of organisms it can imitate is not yet known.
Gary E. Parker is a biologist, paleontologist, educator, speaker and author. He received M.S. in Biology and Ed.D. degrees from Ball State University. He was awarded several academic awards, including admission to Phi Beta Kappa (the national scholastic honarary), election to the American Society of Zoologists (for his research on tadpoles), and a fifteen-month fellowship award from the National Science Foundation. Parker was the head of the science department at Clearwater Christian College (CCC) in Florida. He was also the former Chairman of the Natural Science Department of Christian Heritage College, and a former science faculty member of Eastern Baptist College and Dordt College.
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A Adenosine triphosphate, Allele, Amino acid, Anatomy, Asexual reproduction, B Bacteriology, Baraminology, Binary fission, Biological evolution, Biology, Botany, C Cell Biology, Cell division, Cell membrane, Cellular respiration, Chloroplast, Chromosomes, Cladistics, Cloning, Created kind, D DNA, DNA and Babel, Deer, E Ecosystem, Egg, Elk, Embryo, Embryology, Entomology, Eukaryotes, Evolution, Extraterrestrial life, F Fertilization, Fetus, Flower, G Gene, Gene expression, Genetic drift, Genetic recombination, Genetics, Glucose, Golgi apparatus, H Herbivore, Herpetology, Homologous chromosomes, Human races, L Life, Locus, M Macroevolution, Mammals, Meiosis, Messenger RNA, Microbiology, Microevolution, Microtubules, Mitochondria, Microscopy, Mitosis, Monosaccharide, Monster, N Natural Genetic Engineering, Natural selection, Not by Chance!, Nucleotide, nucleus, O Of Pandas and People, P Photosynthesis, Plankton, Plant, Pollen, Prokaryotes, Protein, R RNA, Red blood cells, Reproduction, Ribose, Ribosome, S Sexual reproduction, Speciation, Symmetry, T Taxonomy, Transcription, Translation, V Vacuole, Vegetative reproduction, Vertebrates, W White blood cells, Z Zoology ,
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"The origin of the [genetic] code is perhaps the most perplexing problem in evolutionary biology. The existing translational machinery is at the same time so complex, so universal, and so essential that it is hard to see how it could have come into existences or how life could have existed without it. The discovery of ribozymes has made it easier to imagine an answer to the second of these questions, but the transformation of an 'RNA world' into one in which catalysis is performed by proteins, and nucleic acids specialize in the transmission of information, remains a formidable problem." - Maynard Smith J. & Szathmary E., "The Major Transitions in Evolution," W.H. Freeman: Oxford UK, 1995, p81.[1]
- Oregon Biology Teacher Fired Over Bible References Fox News. March 20, 2007
- Peer-harassed scientist rocks evolutionary boat The U.S. House Committee on Government Reform issued report titled "Intolerance and the Politicization of Science at the Smithsonian" By Jack Cashill. World Net Daily. February 15, 2007
- Intelligent Design Research Lab Highlighted in New Scientist Biologic Institute, is a new research lab conducting biological research and experiments from an intelligent design perspective. Discovery Institute. December 19, 2006.
- Congressional Investigation Confirms Discrimination against Smithsonian Scientist Critical of Darwinian Evolution The demotion of a well-published evolutionary biologist critical of Darwinian evolution has been found to be religiously and politically motivated, according to a new government report. Discovery Institute. December 18, 2006.
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