Darwin was just 22 when he set out on a voyage that would change the way humanity understands itself and the natural world ...

Author Lyn Squire shares how he's drawn inspiration from two Victorians named Charles for his first two novels set in ...

The challenge facing our society, especially in parenting and education, is how to foster compassion across all areas of life ...

Before flowering plants emerged, the gymnosperms, which have cone-like structures instead of flowers, dominated the plant ...

A tender response to the perception of another’s distress, compassion moves human beings from observation to action ...

The theory of evolution, first articulated by Charles Darwin in the 19th century, has been the foundation of biological ...

But no one gave it more thought, or provided more evidence for it, or more deeply ingrained the theory into our collective consciousness than Charles Darwin. Today, researchers using the genetic ...

Ecuador announced Tuesday that it had converted part of its $1.5 billion of external debt into protection for the Amazon rainforest, the second so-called debt-for-nature swap in the South American ...

Each one – from the song of the largest lemur to the song of the humpback whale to the song of the lyrebird – was recorded in his lifetime. When Sir David was born, the science of song had already ...

Alternative thinking on the evolution of species is a welcome way to highlight some neglected aspects of life on Earth, but ...

Until Charles Darwin, almost everyone everywhere ... especially at the microscopic level, support for Darwin's theory has continued to weaken, and since the publication in 1996 of Darwin's Black ...

The Galapagos tortoise is one of the most iconic reptiles on Earth, and for good reason. These gentle giants are the largest ...