Two outstanding people were born on Feb. 12, 1809: Abraham Lincoln in the United States, and Charles Darwin in England. Darwin made a very significant contribution to science and humanity with his ...

Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist who is well known to have given the theory that men evolved from apes. In his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, he gave ...

Charles Darwin's upcoming 200th birthday is prompting some U.S. scientists to consider the Victorian-era naturalist's contribution to modern science.

The article highlighted ten remarkable biologists whose work has significantly shaped modern biology. From Darwin's evolution ...

In February 1859, the Geological Society of London bestowed its highest honor on 50-year-old Charles Darwin for his nearly three decades of devotion to the profession. The Wollaston Medal, cast ...

If, like me, you admire Darwin and his contribution to human understanding, honour the complexity and the grandeur this Darwin Day. Stuart Mathieson is a postdoctoral fellow in the school of ...

Charles Darwin was 22 years old when he first peeled a banana. “Maukish & sweet with little flavor,” he noted in his journal from Santiago, the main island in the Cape Verde archipelago off ...

Many Black people’s contributions to science are hidden from history and we have to reconstruct their stories from the margins of more famous naturalists’ lives.. One such intriguing figure is John ...

Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have spray-painted Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey to highlight rising global temperatures, the climate protest group has said. The slogan "1.5 is dead ...

Organisers are gearing up for the return of the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival - an annual event to celebrate the life, work and legacy of Charles Darwin, the town's most famous son.