Articles about 'Charles Darwin'

Notes and comments scribbled by Charles Darwin on the pages and margins of his own personal library have been made available online for the first time.

The project mapping Charles Darwin’s life and work in the 15,000 letters he wrote or received during his extraordinary lifetime will be completed after a £5 million funding package was announced.

Ants have incredibly sticky feet. With them they can hang onto ceilings, while carrying 100 times their body weight.

A new website that explains why humans have the same type of eye as an octopus and how animals separated by millions of years can evolve in the same way has been launched by a team of scientists at Cambridge University.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Alison Richard on how new buildings and refurbishments across the University are helping research to flourish.

Professor Nicky Clayton researches the social behaviour, intelligence and dance credentials of birds!

The amazing diversity of flowers is a biological mystery that has long intrigued scientists. Dr Beverley Glover explains how new understanding of petals and pollinators is helping to solve the puzzle.

A groundbreaking new study, supported by The Bonita Trust*, that will look at Charles Darwin's impact on attitudes to gender and sexuality, has been announced by Cambridge University.

Scientists in the Department of Veterinary Medicine are studying viruses as pathogens in host populations, endeavouring to understand the implications of our shared evolutionary history.

David Norman, Director of the Sedgwick Museum examines Darwin’s early years and his links with Cambridge.