the endemic Galapagos finches, have probably featured in as many evolutionary discussions as any group of animals. They differ from almost all other land birds of oceanic islands in that there is ...

With their isolation and rich biodiversity, the Galapagos Islands have long served as a living laboratory for understanding evolution — and the finches have played an illuminating role in the ...

Researchers from Princeton University and Uppsala University in Sweden have identified a gene in the Galápagos finches ... which evolution happened." Princeton University's Peter and Rosemary Grant, ...

The big-beaked finches just happened to be the ones favored by the particular set of conditions Nature imposed that year. Now the next step: evolution. The Grants found that the offspring of the ...

Six consecutive droughts is all it takes for a new species of finch to emerge in the Galapagos islands ... Charles Darwin uncover the process of evolution by natural selection.

Researchers have identified a gene in Galápagos finches studied by English naturalist Charles Darwin that influences beak shape and that played a role in the birds' evolution from a common ancestor.

Scientists have revealed that just six consecutive droughts can lead to the emergence of a new species of finch in the Galapagos islands ... Darwin understand evolution by natural selection.