Today's Creation Moment

Nothing is more frustrating than glue that refuses to stick. And nothing is harder on an adhesive’s ability to stick than water. Water can prevent adhesives from solidly touching the surfaces that are to adhere. Freezing and thawing temperatures can force glued surfaces apart. Photo: mussels – Pixabay.com © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

New research shows that, when attacked, many plants make chemicals that will give munching insects a bad case of indigestion. They also seem to warn their neighbors about the attack so that they, too, start up their defenses. Some plants even call in air defenses. Photo: Parasitoid wasp by Ian Alexander - CC BY-SA 4.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

The study of plants’ abilities to protect themselves from insect attackers is a fairly new and rapidly growing area of research. It seems that new and even more amazing discoveries are appearing about plants. Photo: Tomatoes on vine Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.      

Have you ever wondered how, over thousands of years, the population balance between males and females remains roughly even? Photo: Atlantic Silverside – Smithsonian Environmental Research- CCA 2.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

There are a number of species of bacteria that possess tiny chains of crystal particles called magnetosomes . Magnetosomes, as the name suggests, have iron in them to help the bacteria sense magnetic fields for navigation. They can also help the bacteria find food. Image: The magnetic field of a bar magnetic - Newton Henry Black (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

After suffering a stroke, a man in Baltimore suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent. Though he had no experience with languages other than English, he suddenly sounded Nordic and appeared unfamiliar with English! In the weeks after the stroke his speech gradually returned to normal. Image; Tower of Babel by Gustove Dore (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

It’s not very pretty, nor is it graceful, but Colombia’s rock-climbing catfish has a unique ability among fish.  Photo: Catfish - Photo: Courtesy S. Schaefer/AMNH. © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

How smart is the smartest tree you ever met? Does it sound silly to speak of trees as being smart? Botanists are learning that some trees have elaborate defenses against insect pests. Photo: Eastern tent caterpillar by Katja Schultz CC 2.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

One good method of avoiding attack in nature is to pretend that you are somebody who should not be attacked. In the insect world one of the most feared creatures is the ant.  Photo: Jumping Spider mimicking an ant by Yogendra Joshi CC 2.0 © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Genesis uses only a few words and simple language to describe the creation of trees. That hardly seems fair, considering the importance, variety and complexity of the largest and longest-living things on earth. Photo: Bristlecone Pine (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

It’s a warm day on the Amazon River. A small fish swims near the surface looking among the natural floating river debris for some food. As he looks among the occasional leaf or twig in the water he sees no danger . . . just a nearby leaf.  Photo: Leaf fish (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Are you a musician? From the standpoint of evolution, human musical ability serves no purpose. Photo: Peruvian playing a zampoña. (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Some creatures seem more wise and powerful in dealing with the problems of living than seems reasonable. Photo:  New Zealand mud snail (PD) © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

Many people today think it’s unusual for someone to interpret the Genesis account of creation literally. For example, many in the church seem unsure of whether Adam was a real person. How are we to understand Genesis? Image: Genesis Factor book cover by Ron J. Bigalke.   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Medical researchers are learning what happens in the body when we develop a fever. They say that the body’s fever response is usually a very important part of our body’s defense against disease. Image: Brain illustration by LeevanJackson_ CC By SA 4.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

We live in a world—indeed a universe—that is in continual change. Things have been designed that way for a very important reason. Unfortunately, some people choose to define evolution as simply change . However, that’s not the kind of continuous change that surrounds us. Photo: Swan family – cob, pen and cygnets by Suzanna Jutzeler_Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Naturalists are discovering that many animals use a variety of plants and other items to treat their illnesses. Animals often know about the medicinal properties of plants when modern medicine has yet to learn about them. Photo: Bear (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

According to evolution’s history of life, the male and female sexes must have developed in different kinds of creatures dozens of times. Photo: Male and Female – Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

If I were to ask you whether you are left-handed or right-handed, you would probably answer with most people that you are right-handed. While that may be true, you are also left-handed, and your life depends on it. Photo: Handshake – (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The relatively rare bucket orchid, Coryanthes , behaves almost like an animal at pollination time. This remarkable ability is essential to its survival. Photo: Coryanthes and bee by Alex Popovkin_CC 2.0.JPG   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

Your nose performs an extremely unlikely job. It senses invisible molecules in the air and turns each molecule into a unique sensation that is sent to the brain. Photo: Mona Lisa details (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Archaeologists discovered a water well that is the oldest they’ve ever seen. Because of the well’s sophisticated design, they immediately concluded that ancient humans were much smarter than they ever expected. Photo:  Mediterranean Sea illustration. (PD) © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved. Photo:  

In His wisdom, God filled the creation with chemical factories that could provide temporary help for pain and disease. Photo: Foxglove illustration (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Our bodies are a network of complex control systems and chemical factories—a complex union of systems that go beyond the abilities of the best human designers, but which testify to the wisdom of the Creator!   Photo; Pineal illustration (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

The swiftly moving bat cuts almost invisibly through the darkness, silent to all but those who can hear its ultrasonic radar. What chance does a poor night-flying cricket—prized as a tasty bat snack—have? Photo: Crickets – (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.