A secretive creature observed by Darwin has long since been thought extinct, until observers recently spotted a specimen.

Aboard HMS Beagle in 1832, near the Cape Verde island of Santiago (then called St Jago), the young naturalist Charles Darwin met his match in the form of a common octopus. Surrounded by the Tank ...

As Visit Essex says, the two hamlets form one of the county’s oldest fishing villages. It is home to a 1000-year-old church - St Peter's Church - once run by "the King of the Smugglers" William “Hard ...

One of his most frequent contacts was Joseph Dalton Hooker, a botanist who helped identify many of the plant specimens collected during Darwin’s HMS Beagle journey, including his famed stop at the ...

The Galápagos yellow warblers on the more populous island of Santa Cruz also increased the duration of their song when ...

From 1832 to1835, Darwin made his way through South America aboard HMS Beagle, during which time he made key observations ...

With Wallace's prompting, Darwin decides he should publish his ... It begins "When on board HMS. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic ...

Irene Wright McClatchy News Nearly two centuries ago on a little archipelago off the Pacific coast of Ecuador, a 26-year-old Charles Darwin stepped off the HMS Beagle. The now famous scientist had ...

Charles Darwin travelled aboard the HMS Beagle. He collected specimens that inspired his theory of Natural Selection.This carved sperm whale's tooth, or scrimshaw, was made on the HMS Beagle.

Both behind the scenes and on display in the galleries, you’ll find many specimens collected by Charles Darwin on his five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Take a closer look at nine highlights from the ...

Darwin’s tutor at Cambridge recommended him as a ‘gentleman naturalist’ on a voyage around the world on HMS Beagle. Darwin jumped at the chance. Over the following five years, Darwin visited ...

Hear how Darwin trained in understanding the Welsh landscape and geology before his famous voyage of discovery on HMS Beagle, which led to the groundbreaking theory of evolution by natural selection.