St. Jago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is the first place Darwin disembarks on his Beagle voyage. "The geology of St. Jago," Darwin notes, "is very striking yet simple: a stream of lava formerly ...

Survivors of the Cyclone Tracy disaster have gathered with politicians for the unveiling of a memorial, 50 years on from the ...

Darwin had changed the way the human race perceived its place in the universe. Over the 127 years since Darwin's death, his theory has grown even more influential, spawning numerous groundbreaking ...

The prominent Cambridge geologist Adam Sedgwick has told his father that young Charles no doubt will take a place among the leading scientific men. "After reading this letter," Darwin later ...