How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

Prior to the sale, the highest-priced Darwin document sold for just over $400,000, BBC reports. The manuscript is Darwin's defense of his natural selection theory. A one-page manuscript from scientist ...

Richard Prum, Coe Professor at Yale University and author of “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex,” reveals details of Darwin's theory on gender. This particular hypothesis was not ...

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution "On the Origin of the Species." His theory of natural selection evolved from his close observations of nature, many of them made ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Charles Darwin’s voyage aboard the HMS Beagle was something like ...

Re “Charles Darwin’s enduring hold on us” (Ideas, April 17): Reviewers tend to forget that the theory of natural selection had many fathers, among them Darwin’s own grandfather, Erasmus Darwin.

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

Called “Lamarckian Inheritance,” the theory suggests that those experiences can even be passed down to future generations.

A key concept in Darwin's theory of evolution which suggests nature favors larger females that can produce greater numbers of off-spring must be redefined according to scientists behind ...