Some of our most famous specimens were collected by Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy during the round-the-world voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836. Accepted on board as a gentlemanly ...

(Steve Jones) In 1831, this chronometer accompanied Darwin on his great voyage to South America and ... because in 1831 it was issued to 'HMS Beagle', the ship which carried Charles Darwin round ...

One of his most frequent contacts was Joseph Dalton Hooker, a botanist who helped identify many of the plant specimens collected during Darwin’s HMS Beagle journey, including his famed stop at the ...

An international group of scientists plan to recreate Charles Darwin’s five-year sea voyage around the world aboard a replica of the HMS Beagle. They plan to set sail from London in 2014.

Dhruv Shenai talks to Peter Mason about turning the The Voyage of the Beagle into a piece of travel literature ...

Both behind the scenes and on display in the galleries, you'll find many specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle. Take a closer look at nine highlights from the ...

During his famed voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin noted about the Galápagos Islands that “by far the most remarkable feature in the natural history of this archipelago…is that the ...

Today, its title commemorates Sir. Robert FitzRoy, the sailor who guided Charles Darwin into South America aboard the HMS Beagle. Visitors find the mountain striking as it's the highest mountain ...

The birth of 33 frogs at the London Zoo has been hailed as a “landmark moment” in the ongoing battle to save an endangered species that was first described by Charles Darwin during his epic voyage on ...

(Steve Jones) In 1831, this chronometer accompanied Darwin on his great voyage to South America and ... because in 1831 it was issued to 'HMS Beagle', the ship which carried Charles Darwin round ...