Details of a totally astonishing experiment.
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…
Maer Hills Action Group
Fighting against plans for a major property development in Darwin's beloved Maer.
Darwin Birthplace Society
The Darwin Birthplace Society is campaigning for the acquisition, restoration and public access to Darwin's Birthplace, The Mount, Shrewsbury.
02-Oct-1836: Darwin returns to Blighty
HMS Beagle returns to Britain after nearly five years circumnavigating the globe.
Mountain formation
A continental crash that raised one of the biggest mountain chains in the Earth's history may be responsible for the explosive diversification of animals more than 500 million years ago.
Melv does Humboldt
'In Our Time' does Humboldt.
Northwards and upwards
How Darwin correctly predicted species migration northward and upward during times of rising temperatures.
Wonderful find
New Australopithecus afarensis fossil.
Channel crossings
A study of prehistoric animals has revealed the crucial role of the English Channel in shaping the course of Britain's natural history
Crane fly season
It's cranefly season in West Yorkshire. Could the swallows be to blame?
Stone the crows
My own theory on the decline of the lapwing in the UK.
Tenuous links
I'm sure we can learn certain things about human behaviour by studying chimps, but I can't help feeling people read far too much into such studies.