Pollinating insects such as bumblebees often repeatedly visit the same type of flower, even when a variety of flowers bloom ...

Richard Prum, Coe Professor at Yale University and author of “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex,” reveals details of Darwin's theory on gender. This particular hypothesis ...

Tucker Carlson has been mocked by experts after suggesting that Darwin's theory of evolution has been debunked. The broadcaster made the comments on the Joe Rogan podcast where he also claimed ...

When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) transformed the way we understand the natural world with ideas that, in his day, were nothing short of revolutionary. He and his fellow pioneers in the field of ...

The village of Down lies roughly two hours from London by carriage. For Darwin, it provides a welcome refuge. Darwin installs a mirror outside his study window so he can watch visitors approach.

He was a scientist born in Shropshire, who, when studying birds on a tropical island, went: "Huh? The beaks are bigger on this island's birds than another island's birds? I wonder why this is?". He ...

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 ...

When Charles Darwin began his voyage around the world aboard H.M.S. Beagle, he shared with his contemporaries the almost unquestioned belief that every species of plant and animal then inhabiting ...

Before Charles Darwin came up with his famous theory about evolution, he proposed a theory of how coral reefs and atolls formed. Some of the specimens he collected to support his theory are now cared ...