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 ...

the book closely follows Darwin's original The Origin of Species. In fact, it begins with a facsimile of the title page and annotated contents of the first John Murray edition published in 1859.

Darwin kept silent for 20 years before going public and was only half joking when he described writing his book 'On the Origin of Species' as 'like confessing a murder'. This is the story of one ...

But when Darwin published his ideas in book form the following year, the reaction was quite different. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races ...

"When I say that Charles Darwin predicted the Slow Motion Apocalypse in his The Origin of Species, I do not mean he used the ...

thus species are multiplied" (Darwin 1859, p. 120). Discussion of most topics within Evolutionary Biology begins with Darwin. Indeed, On The Origin of Species (1859) continues to influence much of ...

Darwin’s most well-known work, On the Origin of Species, was published in November 1859. In the book, Darwin set out his theory of evolution, based on his years of research and what he had seen ...

Take a closer look at nine highlights from the collections we care for, including Darwin’s favourite octopus and a rare first edition of his book, On the Origin of Species. While on HMS Beagle, Darwin ...

Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how much more do you know about the British naturalist?

Each is a member of a family of birds called honeycreepers, and they all share the same common ancestor: a single finchlike species that scientists estimate arrived on the Hawaiian Islands about 5 ...

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

When the newest pollenpeepers arrive on Windsor Island, there are few other species present to compete with them for resources. Competition remains low during this time period. Two new species of ...