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Theory of Evolution

By Tom DeRosa, Executive Director of CSI. Why do spiders exist? The little, tiny creatures that entomologists study and master are filled with so many surprises that make us ponder. They possess amazing features that can't be matched. These include their ability to defy gravity with their wings, their rapid population growth, and their complete body transformations from larva to pupa and then to adult. Insects make up over 75 to 80% of all species in the animal kingdom. It's estimated that right now,

By Tom DeRosa, Executive Director of CSI. Platypuses One of the most perplexing, weird, and confounding creatures for biologists to understand—especially for evolutionists—is the Australian platypus. It’s also called the duckbilled platypus because it has a bill that looks like a duck’s, along with webbed feet, and that’s about all. Everything else is different and definitely not a bird. It does lay eggs, but its leathery, soft-shelled eggs are like those of a lizard.  When you approach it, you can’t help but notice that it

Pixie Dust in the Universe As children growing up, we embellished the make-believe world. Our minds were free to fly to unknown places as we used our imaginations to play in our own fantasies. We loved fairytales and all those picture books filled with bright colors and playful figures that left us with pleasurable memories.