In honor of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, Smithsonian takes a look at the impact of Darwin's life and research on modern day science, and how the 19th century naturalist still remains relevant in the 21st century.
Evolution in Black and White
The alternative color forms of some animals are providing new insights into how animals adapt and evolve
By Sean B. Carroll
What Darwin Didn't Know
Today's scientists marvel that the 19th-century naturalist's grand vision of evolution is still the key to life
By Thomas Hayden
Out of Darwin’s Shadow
Alfred Russel Wallace arrived at the theory of natural selection independently of Charles Darwin and nearly outscooped Darwin’s The Origin of Species
By Lyn Garrity
Darwin on Lincoln and Vice Versa
Two of the world’s greatest modern thinkers are much celebrated, but what did they know of one another?
By Laura Helmuth, Mark Strauss and Terence Monmaney
A Naturalist's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos
Smithsonian's Laura Helmuth vacationed in the Galapagos Islands and returned with even more respect for Charles Darwin
By Laura Helmuth
At Home with the Darwins
Recipes offer an intimate glimpse into the life of Charles Darwin and his family
By Kathleen M. Burke
On the Origin of a Theory
Charles Darwin's bid for enduring fame was sparked 150 years ago by word of a rival's research
By Richard Conniff
The Evolution of Charles Darwin
A creationist when he visited the Galápagos Islands, the great naturalist grasped the full significance of the unique wildlife he found there only well after he had returned to London
By Frank J. Sulloway
Evolution on Trial
Eighty years after a Dayton, Tennessee, jury found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, the citizens of "Monkeytown" still say Darwin's for the birds
By Steve Kemper
