This group portrait of the foundational theorists of evolution opens with the funeral of Charles Darwin, who, despite his wishes,…
British biologist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about…
1. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Today, his interest in plant life would have rendered little Charles…
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution includes two generative components: mutation and natural selection. Mutation generates genetic variants and hence phenotypes;…
Untangling the cause and effect relationships embedded in historical events can be a complicated endeavor. This is especially true when complex…
Rebel Giants, David Contosta’s latest book, offers a timely examination of the lives of two men who transformed their world—and…
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of evolutionary biology through the process of natural selection, which he outlined in…
Many of the ideas brilliantly and compellingly explored in Why Darwin Matters made a showing in certain chapters of three…
Life Ascending, by the author of Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World and Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the…
Many of us know the story of how Charles Darwin (1809–1882) took a five-year voyage aboard The Beagle to the…