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 ...

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.

Syme then used these as his starting point for the color names, descriptions and actual color charts in Werner’s Nomenclature ...

Sea levels rising and falling over hundreds of thousands of years may have helped build the oceanic structures ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK-wide documentary archive of the scientist's work is recognised for its global importance.

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 ...