The Friends of Charles Darwin

Blog

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Swallows preparing for migration

    Barn swallows spotted feeding their young.

  • Woodpeckers’ toes and woodpeckers’ kludges

    I’ve been reading up about woodpeckers.