In September 1835, Charles Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Archipelago, where he observed unique species of plants and animals. His studies led him to question the prevailing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three Harvard students and a tutor are planning to retrace Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle through South America and the Galapagos Islands this summer and make a film of their ...

Charles Darwin sailed all along the 2.600 miles of the Chilean coast An international group of scientists plan to recreate Charles Darwin’s five-year sea voyage around the world aboard a replica ...

Darwin, like many intellectuals of his era, was well versed in a variety of natural sciences, as well as in medicine and theology. When he set forth on his first voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, he ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Onboard, the crew of seven sailors is readying the tall ship for the next stage of its trip - retracing the voyage taken by a young Charles Darwin aboard the H-M-S Beagle that passed around South ...