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 ...

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

Beagle voyage transforms Darwin. The voyage of the HMS Beagle-- which carries Charles Darwin to tropical forests, Andean peaks, and the Galapagos Islands -- is the most important experience of his ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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'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.

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 ...