Evolution is a hot-button issue right now, as new science standards are being developed for Minnesota’s K-12 education. If you’ve taken high school or college ... learn about the flaws and limits of ...

What Darwin sees before him seems to be evidence for Lyell's theory. "[W]ith the sun glaring ... He sees 12-foot-high ant nests, iridescent hummingbirds, and his first New World monkey.

Although elements of what we now know as evolution had been discussed in the scientific community before Darwin’s groundbreaking work, he was the first to posit a complete theory accounting for ...

Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how much more do you know about the ...

Darwin’s most well-known work, On the Origin of Species, was published in November 1859. In the book, Darwin set out his theory of evolution ... and his high regard for the truth is above ...

But that tiny beetle could be turning Darwin's theory on its ... been due in part to the high abundance of springtails, which ...

A spate of books about evolution followed, as well as full-throated attacks on religion, particularly its creationist aspects ...

A recent study by Georgia Tech evolutionary ecologist James Stroud shows that evolution can happen much faster than Charles Darwin thought. To figure this out, Stroud and his team took advantage ...

Before Charles Darwin came up with his famous theory about evolution, he proposed a theory of how coral reefs and atolls formed. Some of the specimens he collected to support his theory are now cared ...

Charles Darwin, one of history’s most influential scientists, changed our understanding of life and evolution with his theory of natural selection. His research, theories, and writings have left ...