Articles about 'Charles Darwin'

Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have intrigued biologists as examples of evolution in action.

Cambridge anthropologists are increasingly looking at human evolution not just as a path through the remote past, but also as a way to explore humanity today.

By adopting the principles of natural selection, engineers are using survival of the fittest to breed better design solutions.

Collaboration between the University Herbarium and Microsoft Research Ltd has made a unique botanical collection available to a world-wide audience.

How did a fragment of lava set in motion a journey to the Galapagos 170 years after Darwin’s epic voyage?

Through the Darwin Correspondence Project, a rich collection of letters held at Cambridge University Library is both transforming our understanding of one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century and providing a panoramic vision of the era in which he lived.

Professor Jennifer Clack’s research into one of the major events in the evolutionary history of life on Earth has been honoured by the National Academy of Sciences.