Nearly two centuries ago on a little archipelago off the Pacific coast of Ecuador, a 26-year-old Charles Darwin stepped off the HMS Beagle. The now famous scientist had spent three years sailing ...

"The alternative hypothesis is that it had never gone and that in the last 190 years simply, we were unable to observe it." ...

The scene could have looked and sounded the same when Charles Darwin sailed here almost two centuries ago. These creatures, fine-tuned to life on harsh isles, seemingly can weather anything ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands ... In his memoir, The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin noted, almost as if in awe, "One might really fancy that, from an original ...

To improve conditions so native animals can return, a team including Island Conservation and the Charles Darwin Foundation ... Banner image of a Galapagos rail courtesy of Island Conservation.

The finches in the above video were collected from the Galápagos Islands in 1835 by Charles Darwin and his colleagues during the second voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836). The different finch species on ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection ... Darwin did not have a great eureka moment on the Galapagos. He studied finches, tortoises and mockingbirds there, although not in ...

For decades, the Charles Darwin Research Station has been at the forefront of leading initiatives in conservation, restoration and sustainable development to ensure the Galápagos Islands remain ...

Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire ... In September 1835, the Beagle arrived in the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles from Ecuador. Darwin made detailed notes and collected lots of animals, plants ...