Reptiles
Alligators
Two ingenious design features make the alligator a fearsome predator as he chases fish, birds, and small mammals. But alligators were not always meat-eaters. Like other predators in this now-fallen world, they continue to remind us about the Curse caused by Adam’s sin.
Turtles in the Winter
Box turtles truly take “hibernation” to another level. What special provision enables these four-legged tanks to endure subzero weather in such woefully shallow burrows? The answer sounds almost like science fiction. God equipped them with antifreeze!
Legs on a Snake?
A leg on a snake would not be a truly novel genetic feature, since there is evidence that the snake genome once had the information to produce legs. The leglessness of snakes today represents a corruption, loss, or deactivation of that information.
Chameleons: Walking Bug-Zappers
Stealth. Patience. Vigilance. Slowly the hunter moves unseen among the branches. His independently rotating eyes constantly scan the leafy canopy in every direction. No insect is safe within striking distance of his infamous weapon—a fast-acting and deadly accurate catapulting tongue. Aided by his steady grip and excellent vision, the chameleon is always ready to seize unsuspecting prey.
Articles About Reptiles
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March 2, 2026 from Ken Ham Blog
A recent article is titled, “Israeli researchers find humans and turtles, share key brain function going back 320 million years.”
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March 27, 2025 from Ken Ham Blog
How Fijian iguanas made the journey to the islands of Fiji has been a mystery in the evolutionary worldview—but researchers think they’ve solved the mystery.
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Feb. 16, 2025 from Answers Magazine
The existence of venom in so many animals has long challenged creationists. How did it show up in a very good creation?
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Jan. 27, 2025 from Ken Ham Blog
According to reports, scientists are getting “front row seats of evolution unfolding in real time,” as two lizard species interact for the first time in Florida.
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Oct. 6, 2024 from Answers Magazine
Scientists studying a species in the Mojave Desert, known as side-blotched lizards, have learned that individual lizards can change coloring within a few weeks.
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May 24, 2022 from Ken Ham Blog
A study comparing the original Kenyan chameleons with the Hawaiian populations found the island dwellers were 30% brighter than their African counterparts.
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May 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine
Horned lizards aren’t known for speed to avoid predators or venom to bring down threats. But these miniature dragons have tricks for desert survival.
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Aug. 1, 2017 from 10 Cursed Creatures with Undeniable Design
The gecko is designed to climb. Scientists had to magnify the gecko’s foot thousands of times to find out its secret to defying gravity.
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Jan. 7, 2017 from Answers Magazine
Eastern box turtles can literally be “frozen alive” and emerge unharmed.
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Nov. 22, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Hailed as a transitional form between modern snakes and their supposed lizard ancestors, Tetrapodophis amplectus is now the subject of heated controversy.
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Sept. 18, 2016 from Answers Magazine
You don’t have to travel to Paris to see one of the world’s greatest cathedrals. If you look carefully, one may be walking around in your own backyard.
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Dec. 20, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Winged reptiles were primitive, clumsy, “prehistoric” beasts, barely able to get off the ground, right? Take a closer look and see.
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Aug. 13, 2015 from Answers in Depth
Many evolutionists believe the discovery of a four-legged fossilized snake is evidence of a burrowing lizard in the snake’s evolutionary past, but is it?
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In-Depth ArticleIs “Grandfather Turtle” the Transitional Form that Puts Creationist Claims to Rest?July 23, 2015 from Answers in Depth
With Pappochelys’s shell characteristics like those of other extinct turtles and a diapsid skull, should creation scientists be having nightmares?
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June 14, 2015 from Answers Magazine
This issue of Answers in filled with muscular tools—many articles to help you on topics where the Bible is under attack.
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Chameleons’ Color of Divine WisdomApril 18, 2015
Chameleons’ skin color can shift dramatically, and in just a few minutes their colors can revert back to the original. How do they do this?
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March 26, 2015 from Answers in Depth
To evolutionists, the "butcher" crocodile demonstrates crocodiles had evolved to be major Triassic predators millions of years before dinosaurs ruled the world.
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In-Depth ArticleIs Rapid Lizard Adaptation a Template for Deep-Time Evolution?Nov. 15, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionists declare stickier toes reveal the path up the evolutionary tree.
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April 27, 2014 from Answers Magazine
A chameleon might look bizarre to you, but not to a bug.
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Magazine Department ArticleThorny DragonJan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Ever race in the hot sun without a hydration pack? Well, you wouldn’t stand a chance against this scary-looking critter.
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Fruit-Eating Crocodiles Dispel Carnivorous MisconceptionsDec. 2, 2013 from News to Know
Contrary to conventional wisdom, crocodilians not only can digest fruit but seem to commonly and intentionally consume it.
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