"I did not then in the least doubt the strict and literal truth of every word in the Bible." So 19-year-old Charles charts a new career path. Darwin will spend three years at Cambridge University ...

Omar Faruk's best friend was killed in violent home invasion in Darwin. He's now on a mission to complete his friend's dream of studying in Australia.

Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire ... talks and through student societies. However, he did not enjoy certain parts of his studies, particularly the study of anatomy and surgery.

Darwin described writing it as like 'living in Hell'. He dreaded losing his reputation, as his grandfather Erasmus had. Charles did draw fierce criticism from the Church, and from some parts of ...

This year marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Darwin's ideas have influenced ...

Before Charles Darwin came up with his famous theory about evolution ... As well as mapping the distribution of coral reefs, Darwin worked out why different reefs grew where they did, including ...

The development of Charles Darwin's views on evolution by natural selection has fascinated biologists since ... While his autobiography claims that the framework of his theory was laid down by 1839, ...

Alternative thinking on the evolution of species is a welcome way to highlight some neglected aspects of life on Earth, but ...

idleness did not sit well with him. Science was “the only thing that makes life endurable”. 19. When his health permitted, he enjoyed attending soirees and otherwise socialising with close friends, ...

Charles Darwin embarked on a five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle in 1831 ... In 2006, the Museum Library acquired the largest collection of works by and about Darwin in existence. Although Darwin did ...

Like big, tall trees in old-growth forests, older animals are irreplaceable. Pulling them out leaves the ecosystem less resilient to future shocks. It’s time for ‘longevity conservation ...

Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809, son of Robert Waring ...