How do you know that finches' beak depth is heritable? You can see from Figure 2 that there is a correlation between the parents' and offsprings' beak size. How did the finch population change ...

In his memoir, The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin noted, almost as if in awe, "One might really fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and ...

The new study shows that beak-driven changes to songs themselves can impact species recognition, and thus drive the separation of species. "I started working with these birds 25 years ago," says ...

Darwin's Finches These drab but famous little birds of the Galapagos Islands are a living case study in evolution. Isolated in the South Pacific, they have developed 14 species from a common ancestor ...

They consult genetic scripture. Consider, for instance, the famous finches of the Galápagos. Darwin could see that their beaks were variously shaped—some broad and deep, others elongated ...

The finches in the above video were collected from the Galápagos Islands in 1835 by Charles Darwin and his colleagues during the second voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836). The different finch species on ...

Along the way, you'll encounter various species of giant tortoises and cactus forests, home to Darwin's finches. You'll also find the Station's enchanting beach, nestled among mangroves ...