There are, of course, many ways to experience any number of the 18 major islands that comprise the 3,000 square miles of what ...

Welcome to the Galapagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago that inspired Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection after he landed there in 1835 on the HMS Beagle. FILE- In this July ...

An international group of scientists plan to recreate Charles Darwin’s five-year sea voyage around the world aboard a replica of the HMS Beagle. They plan to set sail from London in 2014. “We want to ...

It was the ship that carried Charles Darwin to the Galapagos Islands nearly 180 years ago, enabling him to make his breakthrough on the theory of evolution. Now another HMS Beagle will depart on a new ...

In 1836, as HMS Beagle cleared Ascension Island in the Atlantic on the final leg of its voyage, ship’s naturalist Charles Darwin began to organise the notes from his five-year adventure. When he got ...

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If you appreciate Charles Darwin’s contributions to science and have a special love for LEGOs (and who doesn't?)—boy do we have news for you. LEGO Ideas user Luis Peña has mapped out a detailed ...

Boat tourists in the Galapagos reportedly saw Darwin's Arch collapse into the Pacific Ocean. The unique rock formation, named after the British naturalist Charles Darwin, was often compared to ...

Archaeologists have found the dock where the HMS Beagle, the vessel that carried Charles Darwin around the world, was likely dismantled. A team of experts, commissioned by Historic England, say they ...