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 ...

"Light will be thrown on the origin ... that Darwin held back a little." Darwin knew that plant and animal species could be sorted into groups by similarity, such that birds clustered into ...

Jones claims that he is no more than Darwin's ghostwriter and, true to his word, the book closely follows Darwin's original The Origin of Species ... as statues are to birds: a convenient platform ...

He wrote a book called The Origin of Species and ... take the form of a bird's beak. It wasn't even a living creature. It was a trove of fossils. Never mind the notion of Darwin's finches.

Since then, a single species has evolved into different species that are adapted to fill different lifestyles. Darwin didn't recognise the significance of these birds when he first ... edition of his ...

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 ... By crossing birds with ...

But on Floreana, the rail wasn’t seen again after Darwin’s initial visit. Invasive species like rats and cats that can eat bird eggs and adults were, however, on the rise. “Potentially some ...

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 ...

Pollenpeepers that move inland feed on the same insects as two other species of insect-eating birds. Insect larvae are plentiful, though, and there is still very little competition among the birds.

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 ...