Traffic Noise May Be Making These Bright Yellow Birds More Aggressive in the Galápagos Islands, Study Suggests
Male Galápagos yellow warblers appear to be shifting their behavior and adjusting their calls in response to the din of passing vehicles
Climate Activists Spray-Paint Warning on Charles Darwin’s Grave
The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time
On This Day in 1831, Charles Darwin Embarked on a Journey That Led to His Groundbreaking Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Darwin was just 22 when he set out on a voyage that would change the way humanity understands itself and the natural world
These Fish Transformed Their Dorsal Fins Into Taste Buds
From tasting to hunting to hitching a ride, some fins have evolved for a variety of uses beyond swimming
For Most Mammal Species, Males Actually Aren’t Larger Than Females, Study Finds
New research upends a long-held theory that male mammals tend to be bigger than their female counterparts
A Serpentine ‘Explosion’ 125 Million Years Ago Primed Snakes for Rapid, Diverse Evolution
Researchers say an evolutionary “singularity” led to several small, quick changes in snake species, from legless bodies and flexible skulls to chemical-sensing abilities
See What Charles Darwin Kept in His ‘Insanely Eclectic’ Personal Library, Revealed for the First Time
On the English naturalist’s 215th birthday, more than 9,000 titles from his expansive collection are now accessible online
The Ten Best Children’s Books of 2023
This year’s top titles include an art history primer, a collection of silly poems and a mathematical word problem in disguise
These Brainy Falcons Are Smarter Than You Might Think
Striated caracaras solved up to eight puzzle box problems in a new study, suggesting they are cognitively complex, like crows and parrots
Charles Darwin’s Rare Autographed Manuscript Could Sell for $800,000
The English naturalist was responding to a magazine editor who had asked for a handwriting sample
Stolen Charles Darwin Notebooks Returned After 22 Years
One of the items contains the renowned naturalist’s first sketch of the Tree of Life
Your Pet Cat Has a Smaller Brain Than Its Wild Ancestors
The researchers replicated experiments done in the ‘60s and ‘70s with updated knowledge of feline lineage
Meet Fernanda, the Galápagos Tortoise Lost for Over a Century
Now that researchers have confirmed the animal belongs to the previously vanished species, conservationists are planning to search the islands for a mate
Iconic Natural Rock Feature in the Galápagos Islands Crumbles Into the Ocean
The top of the Darwin’s Arch, a natural stone archway, fell as a result of natural erosion
Why Some Geologists Say Charles Darwin’s Theory of Coral Atoll Formation Is Wrong
Sea levels rising and falling over hundreds of thousands of years may have helped build the oceanic structures
How Darwin’s ‘Descent of Man’ Holds Up 150 Years After Publication
Questions still swirl around the author’s theories about sexual selection and the evolution of minds and morals
Two Darwin Notebooks Quietly Went Missing 20 Years Ago. Were They Stolen?
Staff at Cambridge University Libraries previously assumed that the papers had simply been misplaced in the vast collections
The Final Home of Charles Darwin’s HMS Beagle Gets Protected Status
The naturalist famously conducted the research that led to the “Origin of Species” on board the ship
The Complicated Legacy of Herbert Spencer, the Man Who Coined ‘Survival of the Fittest’
Spencer’s ideas laid the groundwork for social Darwinism, but scholars say there was much more to the Victorian Age thinker than that
1.7-Million-Year-Old Rhino Tooth Provides Oldest Genetic Information Ever Studied
Researchers read the proteins preserved in the tooth enamel of an ancient rhino, a trick that may allow them to sequence fossils millions of years old
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