On April 19, 1882, Charles Darwin, author of "On the Origin of Species" and the father of evolution, died at his home in Downe, England. He was 73. More than 30 years later, in 1915, across the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Similar stories have been shared ever since. More than 30 years later, in 1915, across the Atlantic in Northfield, Massachusetts, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...

Yet modern biology has revealed that cells are preternaturally sophisticated assemblages — literally automated, miniaturized factories. How could the evidence have been overwhelming but now orthodoxy ...

The Galápagos Islands, a remote volcanic archipelago, located about 1,000 kilometers west of Ecuador, is probably one of the most unique places on Earth. In the scientific world, this archipelago is ...

February 12 is Darwin Day, marking the birth anniversary of Charles Darwin. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection changed biology forever. His ideas still guide research in genetics, ...

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...

NH copy 39088015200884 Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. Contents Darwin's last voyage -- Charles Darwin and the the Beagle, 1831-36 -- The prodigal son -- The philosopher at sea -- Islands on his ...

More than 1,000 letters from Shrewsbury's most famous son Charles Darwin to his closest friend have been made available online for the first time. The correspondence spanning 40 years between the ...

India, Feb. 12 -- On 12th February 1809 in Shrewsbury, England, a boy was born who would later be responsible for how humans thought about their existence. That boy was Charles Darwin, a name that ...

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the annual Darwin Days in Ithaca, which is hosted by the Museum of the Earth. More than 160 years after Charles Darwin's publication of The Origin of Species, ...