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.
Writing tagged: ‘beagle voyage’
Newsletter No. 5: ‘Discovery and adventure’
Our fifth newsletter marks the anniversary of Charles Darwin setting sail aboard HMS Beagle.
Book review: ‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister
Discoveries that shaped evolution.
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.1: Voyaging’ by Janet Browne
Part 1 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.
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.