Psalm 20:1b “The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee…” Did you know that there are salamanders that can grow spines? They do this by forcing their ribs to grow through their skin. But a frog nic...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:31 “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Does anyone like the parasitic worm Schistosoma? It causes a disease called Schistosomiasis, which affects the ...
Continue ReadingGenesis 8:22 “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Every day there seems to be a news story about climate change. Notice that they always call it climate change ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 104:16-17 “The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.” There are many incredible designs around us that are unlikely to ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 5:8 “Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.” You’re driving down the road and all of a sudden traffic slows to a crawl. Finally, you get to the cause of the slowdown – a big p...
Continue ReadingLuke 18:1 “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;…” Normally they bother no one. The creatures, called protozoan ciliates, quietly go about their business in water‑filled tree holes, eating o...
Continue Reading1 Chronicles 16:9 “Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.” Tropical beauty has inspired many Hawaiian love songs. However, none is more unusual than the love song of Hawaiian fruit flies. There are more than 100 specie...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:25 “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” The unusual discovery of the most ancient termite nest ever foun...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:3 “Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.” All insects that hear, except one, have two ears. Some insects have ears on their legs,...
Continue ReadingPsalm 147:7-8 “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.” A grass‑like plant called the grasshopp...
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