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Falmouth was the port where HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin first set sail in 1831, and his return after a five-year voyage changing the course ...
Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...
Natural history museums have played a fundamental role in preserving scientific memory. However, many of these museums' scientific collections have remained underutilized in recent decades. The ...
5. A fungus collected by Charles Darwin—Cyttaria darwinii Amongst Kew's numerous collections linked to the naturalist Charles Darwin, is a particular species of fungus he personally collected in the ...
Expedition yacht La Pinta brings the iconic wildlife, natural wonders and ecological warnings of the Galapagos into view.
Decades after his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin became fascinated by why plants move as they grow -- spinning and twisting into corkscrews. Now, more than 150 years later, a new study ...
HMS Beagle launched The HMS Beagle, the ship that would later carry Charles Darwin on his groundbreaking voyage, was launched on May 11, 1820.
Its loss was a pity, for Beagle 2 – named for HMS Beagle, the Royal Navy brig-sloop that in 1831-1836 carried British naturalist Charles Darwin on a round-the-world voyage to seek evidence for ...
Stokes made sure to detail the anchors’ locations, and to describe the event in a way that held the river, not the crew, responsible. HMS Beagle by Conrad Martens.
HMS Beagle on the shores of River Santa Cruz, Argentina. “He [Darwin] was saying that 160 years ago, that we were related with all other nature. We’re not above it, we are part of nature.” ...
Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 07:47 UTC Charles Darwin HMS Beagle unearthed dock in Essex under Historic England protection The remains of a rare 19th Century dock built for Charles Darwin's ship HMS ...