I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from French Polynesia
Author: Richard Carter, FCD
Writer and photographer Richard Carter, FCD is the founder of the Friends of Charles Darwin. He lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.Website • Newsletter • Mastodon • etc…
Newsletter No. 11: ‘Give that man a medal!’
A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘
Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson
The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
Newsletter No. 10: ‘Attending a very little to species’
In which Darwin gets to work on species, and I disappear down a research rabbit-hole. With loads of links to recent Darwin- and evolution-related stories.
Book review: ‘Darwin: a companion’ by Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe
A monumental reference work, and a must-have for all Darwin scholars.
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
Newsletter No. 9: ‘Time flies’
Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews
The Darwin bicentennial oak, 12 years on
Twelve years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
Hello, South Korea! 🇰🇷
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from South Korea.
Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)
…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts
Ten species that changed our world.
Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.