Charles Darwin began his discussion of cabbages in "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication" in 1868, a few years after his (to his mind) hasty publication of "The Origin of ...

What is a living fossil? Learn more about the living fossils among us and why this topic is highly debated among scientists.

TO-DAY, while all that was mortal of Charles Darwin is borne to its last resting-place in Westminster Abbey, by the side of Sir Isaac Newton, it seems a fitting occasion to utter a few words of ...

Charles Darwin’s “big idea” is generally thought to be his discovery of the mechanism of natural selection in evolution. That discovery was without question a big idea. But, as Darwin ...

Although it’s too late to rebrand Darwin's famous work, it might make sense to rename it “On the Origin of Pigeons, Worms, and Barnacles.” ...

In honor of Charles Darwin’s 206th birthday, scientists from Princeton University and Uppsala University in Sweden have published a timely article that sheds light on the evolutionary history of ...

Do Charles Darwin’s ideas on sexual selection hold up today? The biologist was very much of his time, which meant it may have shaped his understanding of evolutionary biology.

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most adaptable to change.” ...

Darwin's signature on the note Courtesy of Sotheby's A manuscript autographed by Charles Darwin is going up for auction, and it could sell for up to $800,000.

What is Lamarck's theory of evolution? Charles Darwin comes to mind when we think of the theory of evolution.

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