The atmosphere surrounding Earth is full of air! The air in our atmosphere is made of molecules of different gases. The most common gases are nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (about 21%). There are other types of air molecules as well,… Read More ›
Month: December 2012
Amazing Creations – The Spider
“The spider skilfully grasps with its hands, and it is in kings’ palaces” (Proverbs 30:28). The point the writer seeks to make is that spiders are not very large or powerful, but they are still very successful at what they… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Sardine Run
In a spectacular underwater marine ballet, millions of sardines run in hundreds of shoals, swirling, dancing, and transforming in shape in the “Sardine Run” — an unexplained phenomenon that’s been dubbed “the greatest shoal on earth” — for which they… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Pistol Shrimp
It’s a good thing the pistol shrimp only grows to an inch or so long. If it were any bigger, its hunting method would be downright terrifying for many more creatures.. The pistol shrimp boasts an enormous claw that it… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Pigeon
They have been called “sky rats” or “sewer eagles”. There are millions of pigeons throughout the world. Pecking away and leaving their mess over out cities, cars and us! The pigeon is a genius that is right under our noses…. Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Pig
They are one of the intelligent animals in the farmyard. We share this planet with one billion pigs. They are one of the most widespread animals on the planet. Pigs and humans have had a relationship for many years along… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Pacific Salmon
In early spring or summer, the pacific sockeye living in the far distances of the Pacific set out on the journey of a lifetime. They were born six years earlier in the headwaters of North American rivers. Now it is… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Monarch Butterfly
One of the most amazing things in God’s Creation is the everyday miracle of the metamorphosis of insects. The word “metamorphosis” simply means “great change” and this indeed is what happens as caterpillars change into butterflies. The Monarch Butterfly is… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Kiwi
It looks like a hedgehog. It lives in burrows on the ground. It feeds like a hedgehog and has a hedgehog’s sense of smell – but it is a bird! In New Zealand, where there are no hedgehogs, the flightless… Read More ›
Amazing Creations – The Humming Bird
They are the smallest birds in nature, weighing less than a tenth of an ounce, with some 300 different varieties worldwide. When early Spanish explorers first encountered hummingbirds in the New World, they called them “joyas voladoras” or “flying jewels.”… Read More ›