A journey across the Galápagos reveals an archipelago in motion, while record visitor numbers test the world’s greatest living laboratory ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

It’s one of the greatest stories in science, right up there with Neil Armstrong’s small step on the moon and Jane Goodall’s overhaul of ideas on non-human relationships. When naturalist Charles Darwin ...

Charles Darwin spent only five weeks on the Galápagos Islands, and at first, British biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant didn’t plan to stay very long either – a few years at most. They landed in 1973 ...

I just returned home from an adventure in Ecuador, the highlight was two weeks on a boat exploring the Galápagos Islands. As an earth scientist, there’s always a geologic story wherever I visit, but ...

The islands are volcanic in origin and were never attached to any continent. Galápagos wildlife arrived by flying, floating or swimming. Birds might have flown there by accident and decided to settle ...

OXFORD • A University of Mississippi professor's comparisons between two lineages of Galapagos tortoises is yielding new insights into the evolution of the ancient species, as well as opening new ...

The Galapagos Islands, a remote archipelago off the coast of Ecuador, may be the birthplace of our scientific understanding of evolution. Charles Darwin, who put the Galapagos on the map, pointed to ...

Simón Bolívar, the hero of the Latin American wars of independence, dreamed of South America becoming a single great power.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden – November 24 marks a seldom-celebrated, but very important landmark: Evolution Day. GOTHENBURG, Sweden – November 24 marks a seldom-celebrated, but very important landmark: ...

As many of you may know, I love to travel. Also, I am a Charles Darwin enthusiast, as it provides, for me, a logical framework for life – physically and socially. My wife, Esther, and I just returned ...