bicentennial oak – The Friends of Charles Darwin

Newsletter No. 9: Time flies

Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews

Age 12.

Twelve years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.

11 years to the day after it was planted.

Eleven years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.

Fossil Balanus crenatus barnacles (labelled by Darwin). Natural History Museum.

Our third newsletter marks Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.

10 years to the day after it was planted.

Ten years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.

Newsletter No. 11: Give that man a medal!
A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘
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.