Down House was the family home of world-renowned scientist Charles Darwin. It is now run by English Heritage. The house is set within the English countryside, in the county of Kent. Charles Darwin was ...

Who would ever guess that those funny little creatures called barnacles played an important part in the development of the theory of evolution? Charles Darwin was fascinated with barnacles for eight ...

Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S. : a biographical and iconographical note / J.W.T. Moody -- Nature, poetry and medicine in late eighteenth century England : a unified perspective of Erasmus Darwin / M.

When on board H.M.S. ‘Beagle,’ as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past ...

In the previous post of this two-part series, we looked at Charles Darwin’s life through the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. In this post, we will complete his life’s story, and ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Before he became the calm, bearded icon of science, Charles Darwin was a miserable, seasick 22-year-old just trying to survive a voyage he almost didn't take. Charles Darwin's five-year voyage on the ...

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin are two of the greatest modern thinkers in history. What did they think of each other? Julia Margaret Cameron / Library of Congress Because Darwin and Lincoln are ...