HE spent his formative years studying at the University of Edinburgh before publishing his ground-breaking work which changed the accepted wisdom about how species evolved. Now, the full personal ...

An archive of works by the scientist Charles Darwin has been recognised by the United Nations for its importance to global ...

Documentary heritage relating to the life and work of Charles Darwin has been recognised on the prestigious UNESCO International Memory of the World Register, highlighting its critical importance to ...

A pair of orcas terrorizing white sharks off the coast of South Africa may have captured the popular imagination, but their activities may be quite damaging, new research suggests.

Huxley presented this diagram and outlined the North American ... since the publication of On the Origin of Species. The letter was signed, “With cordial thanks, believe me, Yours very ...

based on DNA samples from 2,300 butterfly species. Not only does it fill in the gaps on the phylogeny chart he saw as a child, but it also presents a completely new origin story for these ...

April 25 is International DNA Day, and it marks the completion of a decade-long project to sequence the DNA of Hong Kong's ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

Herpetologist Fred Kraus discovered a new arboreal snake species, Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea. This snake, characterized by its matte black coloration and adaptability ...

Pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and four fellow passengers are set to launch into space on a Blue Origin rocket on Monday morning. The New Shepard rocket, a 59-foot-tall suborbital ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A comprehensive wiring diagram and functional map of a mouse brain's visual cortex, the largest to date, has been created from a cubic millimeter of tissue. This ...