British naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin is best remembered for developing the theory of evolution by natural selection, a groundbreaking idea that transformed the way the world understands ...

Darwin’s core idea: Natural selection explains how traits that improve survival and reproduction spread over generations, shaping species without any guiding force. Wild inspirations: Observations ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...

Charles Darwin, at 29, grappled with balancing work and personal life, fearing a solitary existence. His journal revealed a ...

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 ...

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the annual Darwin Days in Ithaca, which is hosted by the Museum of the Earth. More than 160 years after Charles Darwin's publication of The Origin of Species, ...