Page from Conrad Martens’s sketchbooks (1833–35), from his time on board the HMS Beagle (courtesy Cambridge University Library) Yet the sketchbooks aren’t just about Darwin; Martens was an adventurous ...

The Darwin200 expedition is expected to cover 400,000 nautical miles in the hopes of empowering a new generation of conservationists. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 17, 2023 1:30 PM EDT Add Popular ...

Beagle: In Darwin’s Wake is a commemoration of 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s book “On The Origin of Species”. Almost 180 years after Charles Darwin’s journey circumnavigating the ...

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Charles Darwin’s five-year voyage around the world aboard the HMS Beagle is one of the most famous scientific expeditions of all time. API/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Heritage Images/Hulton Archive/Getty ...

What do a golf ball, a parasitised tarantula and Charles Darwin have in common? They are all linked to a variety of fungal specimens scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have archived or ...

"Darwin's 'Beagle' notebooks are the most direct sources we have for his experiences on his epic voyage, and they now survive as some of the most precious documents in the history of science and ...

St. Jago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is the first place Darwin disembarks on his Beagle voyage. "The geology of St. Jago," Darwin notes, "is very striking yet simple: a stream of lava formerly ...

The first episode visits Tenerife of Canary Islands and Cape Verde while crossing the Atlantic ocean to Salvador da Bahia in South America. The narration is interlaced with quotes read from Darwin’s ...