The Latest Breaking News from Charles Darwin

Just as Darwin used the fossil record to piece together the evolution of life on Earth, scientists can use a "cosmic fossil," the universe's first light, to understand how the cosmos evolved.

It was the first college to admit both men and women.

A spectacularly detailed study about human uniqueness in just one trait has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, jointly by 105 authors from 70 institutions in 15 countries. They focused on reproductive success, defined as the number of surviving offspring, and on the differences between…

Playful takes on cautionary Ministry of Works signs encourage visitors to have a sensory experience

Gregor Mendel was disbelieved when he discovered genetics — until his work was rediscovered after he died

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Scientists from Tara Pacific Expedition's two-year sea voyage studied the microbiome of coral reefs, ultimately mapping more than 2 billion genetic sequences.

On May 21, 1853, the first public aquarium was opened as part of the London Zoo. First called the “Fish House” in Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens, it was made possible by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse.

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