Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England in 1809. In 1825 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. His experience at university provided him with a wide scientific education.

Scientists long after Darwin spent years trying to understand the process that had created so many types of finches that differed mainly in the size and shape of their beaks. Most recently ...

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 ...

Charles Darwin Embarked on a Journey That Led to His Groundbreaking Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Darwin was just 22 when he set out on a voyage that would change the way humanity ...