For 21 years, Charles Darwin kept his theory of evolution secret from all but a few friends. He confided to one: "It is like confessing to a murder." His torment resonates in society today—in the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Biology professor James Costa provides basic background information on Charles Darwin. In this lesson, students will explore several experiments ...

pt. 1. Introduction: Development of the theory of evolution. Sources of evolutionary ideas in the late eighteenth century ; Evolutionary and antievolutionary currents in early nineteenth-century ...

Naturalists Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin both presented the theory of evolution at the same time in 1858. They thus changed both the course of biology and how we understand the natural ...

A nascent approach to cancer treatment is using lessons from Darwin’s theory of evolution. Called adaptive therapy, the treatment stems from the recognition that cancerous cells, just like other forms ...

This exhibition reveals the significant role Darwin's theories have played in explaining and unifying all the biological sciences. Specimens from the museum's diverse collections, along with ...

It’s one of the greatest stories in science, right up there with Neil Armstrong’s small step on the moon and Jane Goodall’s overhaul of ideas on non-human relationships. When naturalist Charles Darwin ...

Nineteenth-century observational scientist Charles Darwin wasn’t the first scientist to suggest that something akin to evolution was more responsible for life on Earth than were a few waves of God’s ...

On April 19, 1882, Charles Darwin, author of "On the Origin of Species" and the father of evolution, died at his home in Downe, England. He was 73. More than 30 years later, in 1915, across the ...

Naturalist Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus in the Cox's River, with the sighting leading him to question the idea of a single creator. Locals say the shy creatures have disappeared from the ...