March 2009 – The Friends of Charles Darwin

March hares

I was delighted to see a couple of brown hares boxing in the field in front of my house this morning.

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Book review: Darwin's Island

New in the Friends of Charles Darwin Reviews section: a review of 'Darwin's Island: the Galapagos in the Garden of England' by Steve Jones.

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Darwin serves me lunch

Caterer bears an uncanny resemblance to famous scientist.

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First lapwing of the year

I heard the year's first lapwing on the moor above my house, as I stood by my compost heap in the dark last night.

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Warning: this site is riddled with junk DNA

The newly relocated Friends of Charles Darwin website is riddled with junk DNA.

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An embarrassment of Richards
In which my head appears on a spike (six times).
Hello, Serbia!
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Serbia.
The Darwin bicentennial oak, 10 years on
Ten years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
Hello, Azerbaijan!
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Azerbaijan.
A cat among the pigeons
Could Charles Darwin really have been a moggy murderer?

03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.
29-Jan-1839: Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
On 29th January 1839, after a short courtship and engagement, Charles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood at St Peter's Church, Maer, Staffordshire.
14-May-1856: Darwin starts writing his ‘big species book’
On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that, on the advice of his friend Charles Lyell, after almost 20 years exploring the subject, he had finally begun writing a ‘sketch’ of his ideas on species.
If humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys?
This is a question frequently posed by creationists—and quite often by perfectly rational people…
13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.