A ship retracing Charles Darwin’s journey around the world is set to make a historic homecoming in Cornwall. The 108-year-old ...

A timepiece used on a seagoing voyage by the HMS Beagle – the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his travels – has been ...

Darwin's first—and only—trip around the world began a scientific revolution. The plants and animals encountered on the five-year voyage of the 'Beagle' provided the foundation for Charles ...

A temporary export bar has been placed on a pocket chronometer present on the second voyage of HMS Beagle, well-known for ...

At the southern edge of the world lies a trio of remarkable sea passages,the Strait of Magellan, Drake Passage, and Beagle Channel. These natural gateways connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and ...

Darwin's Beagle may lie in the mud. Tuesday, 17 February 2004 Jeremy Lovell Reuters. HMS Beagle crossing the equator on 11 October 1832 (Image: NOAA) Related Stories.

To assuage their fears, the Beagle’s men offered pieces of red cloth which, Darwin noted, “they immediately placed round their necks.” Right away, “We became good friends,” he recalled.

The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin's account of the cruise, includes this passage: “The different islands to a considerable extent are inhabited by a different set of beings.

Darwin traveled around the Galapagos on his ship, the Beagle, bringing back to England several tortoises, some of which were juvenile. Enroute, the ship had many more tortoises that were consumed ...

Positive sighting. We sailed from Darwin in November 2019 on a 30-hour voyage to Holdfast Reach following an expedition of the previous year, in which pretty much the same team had located the ...