"But what we're really doing is fleshing out Darwin's idea in ever greater detail." Perhaps the most surprising discovery in recent years has to do with one of Darwin's predecessors in ...

Collins is director of the Darwin Street Art Festival (DSAF), an ... around the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory. Just do not ask him to pick a favourite. “That is difficult ...

But in Darwin's time, it was impossible to see any of that. No one was sure how animals or plants passed down traits. And Darwin knew that the lack of an explanation for heredity left a big gap in ...

St. Jago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is the first place Darwin disembarks on his Beagle voyage. "The geology of St. Jago," Darwin notes, "is very striking yet simple: a stream of lava formerly ...

Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was first drawn to science as a young boy by his intense interest in the diverse animals and plants that filled his surroundings. Later, despite his ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England in 1809. In 1825 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study ...