* All plans are subject to, "... if the Lord will..." in accordance with James 4:13-15.
September 5, 2026
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september 19, 2026
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October 3, 2026 - TWO PRESENTATIONS!
Michael J. Boyle, Ph.D. (Zoology) will give* a LIVE, In-house presentation titled,Astyanax mexicanus: A Divinely Engineered Exemplar of Organism-Driven Adaptation.
All organisms were created with the capacity to continuously track the conditions in their environments and self-adjust to those conditions on multiple scales. We model this process as biological adaptation. This presentation will provide examples of organism-driven adaptations that compensate for loss of vision in the blind cavefish of A. mexicanus (Mexican tetra), and exalt Jesus as the true Creator by revoking any creative ability of nature to produce or modify life on Earth.
About our speaker: Dr. Michael J. Boyle earned a B.Sc. in Biology from Humboldt State University in 2003, and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2010, where his research centered on the developmental biology of marine invertebrates. His specializations include embryology, molecular biology, and microscopy. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Smithsonian Marine Station (SMS) in Florida and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. He was staff biologist and principal investigator of the Life Histories Program at the SMS from 2015-2021. Dr. Boyle joined the Institute for Creation Research in 2022 as a research scientist and oversees the biology, molecular biology, and microscopy laboratories. He authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications, contributed chapters to scientific books, and is editor of a symposium volume (ISBS2), and co-editor of Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, 2nd edition (2025).
Jeffrey Tompkins, Ph.D. (Genetics) will give*a LIVE, In-house presentation titled,The Fossils Still Say No: Paleontology of the Global Flood.
Creationists have been discussing a lack of evolution in the fossil record for the past 50 years - demonstrating sudden appearance and stasis (lack of change) for many creatures. But why do we find certain creatures in specific rock layers? This talk integrates the ICR megasequence model of the global flood with paleontology. It also discusses the many new exciting discoveries of soft tissue and biomolecules found in fossils showing that the rock layers and the creatures buried in them were buried progressively and recently (~4,500 years ago) in the global flood.
About our Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Tomkins earned a M.S. degree in plant science from the University of Idaho in 1990 and a Ph.D. in genetics from Clemson University in 1996. After receiving his doctorate, he worked at a genomics institute and joined the faculty in the department of Genetics and Biochemistry at Clemson where he worked for 12 years. He had originally become a Christian as an undergraduate in 1982 at Washington State University and was greatly impacted as a new believer by literature from Henry Morris and Duane Gish at the Institute for Creation Research. In 2009, Dr. Tomkins joined the Institute for Creation Research as a Research Scientist. He is the primary author of Chimps and Humans: A Geneticist Discovers DNA Evidence that Challenges Evolution, The Design and Complexity of the Cell and a contributor to Guide to Creation Basics and Creation Basics & Beyond.
If you've never hiked and rafted the Grand Canyon while hearing its majesty described from a biblical Creation and Flood science perspective, this belongs on your bucket list. And remember, bucket lists are made to be emptied by doing!
Below are some Creation ministries that offer tours of the Grand Canyon. Check them out!