All viewers of this document can see this public note. This is the most explicit and concise description and definition of natural selection in On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s view here is ...

Steve Jones is the not-so-ghostly presence in this charming, informative and very accurate book. He uses his expertise in modern genetics (he is a professor of genetics at University College ...

Today's scientists marvel that the 19th-century naturalist's grand vision of evolution is still the key to life ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

Charles Darwin close Charles DarwinAn English naturalist (1809-1882). In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution. was an English naturalist who ...

This story appears in the February 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship Beagle, during the years 1831-36, is one of the best ...

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 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 ...

As you will see, on the Warwick Archipelago, the founding population will diversify into several distinct species in a manner consistent with the adaptive radiation history of the Hawaiian ...

"Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history," Darwin (c.1880) said of a future in which his hard-won findings would be tested. Bettmann / Corbis Charles Darwin was just 28 years old ...

What do these birds have in common? Very little, judging from their specialized beaks, body types, and behaviors. Yet close examination and molecular analyses reveal otherwise. Each is a member of ...