Darwin's great voyage and works are well known ... So he sent it to a naturalist with whom he had begun a correspondence—Charles Darwin. Darwin received Wallace's paper sometime in June 1858.

The mysterious curly coated horses in South America evaded the famed naturalist. But now one couple is forming a herd of their own—and trying to save the species.

In no rush to take holy orders, in 1831 Darwin accepted an offer to embark on a five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Drawing of H.M.S. Beagle from A Naturalist’s Voyage Round the World by Charles ...

Both behind the scenes and on display in the galleries, you’ll find many specimens collected by Charles Darwin on his five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Take a closer look at nine highlights from the ...

The historic Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde has officially arrived in after exploring the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Retracing the voyage of the HMS Beagle, on which naturalist, geologist ...

Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was first drawn ... invited to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoy on a voyage of the HMS Beagle, Darwin had become an astute and insatiable scientist ...

Charles Darwin close Charles DarwinAn English naturalist ... animals and fossils during a five-year voyage around the world in the 19th century. Darwin visited four continents on the ship HMS ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection ... Darwin’s tutor at Cambridge recommended him as a ‘gentleman naturalist’ on a voyage around the world on HMS Beagle.

Darwin is destined for life as a country parson. But before settling into such a quiet life, he yearns to have an adventure in the tropics. He reads and rereads Alexander von Humboldt's inspiring ...

Cambridge University Library In late 1833, with the HMS Beagle anchored in Montevideo and Charles Darwin ... here and here.) Darwin would have agreed. Martens left the voyage after just a year ...