How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

While Darwin's work on evolutionary biology was revolutionary and laid the foundation of modern scientific thinking on the subject, his views on social injustice are equally important, and carry ...

Charles Darwin was born in 1809. He revolutionized evolutionary studies with his theory of natural selection. His ground-breaking work, first formulated privately and later published in "On the Origin ...

In the 20th century, scientists began to suspect Earth was a lot older than we thought. It was our old friends/deadly foes, ...

Young men are struggling at home and in the workforce. They are statistically deteriorating, and the trend lines are moving ...

Even Alfred, Lord Tennyson was young once. You wouldn’t know it from the photos, thanks to which he is “enshrined in the national memory” as a “Victorian bard,” face swallowed by “a tremendous beard,” ...

"Clarence Darrow (1853-1938) was one of the greatest litigators of his age, a modern Daniel Webster, for it was Webster who ...

From ancient petroglyphs to oil paintings, this large art collection tells the story of the Susquehanna River and its impact ...

This past Feb. 12 marked 20 years since Ithaca began a community-wide celebration of the birthday of Charles Darwin, who was born on that day in 1809. For the past ...

This place is what would happen if a natural history museum, a Victorian cabinet of curiosities, and your eccentric aunt’s attic had a baby. And that baby grew up to be absolutely magnificent. Walking ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...