Important Darwin plants unveiled at the Botanic Garden
Two important plants connected with the life of naturalist, Charles Darwin, will be unveiled at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden today [Friday 3 March]. Visitors to the Garden will be able to see Lachenalia aloides, a tender, winter growing, South African bulb, which was grown at Darwin's family home, The Mount in Shrewsbury, when he was a small boy, and Morus nigra, the black mulberry, connected with Darwins own home at Down House in Kent. Read more
Darwin Day is a recently instituted celebration intended to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin's contribution to science and to promote science in general. Read more
The AMNH Darwin Manuscripts Project is a historical and textual edition of Charles Darwin's scientific manuscripts, designed from its inception as an online project. The database at its core - DARBASE - catalogues some 45,000 Darwin scientific manuscripts. These are currently represented by 15,125 high resolution digital images. Thus far 7,428 manuscript pages have been transcribed to exacting standards and all are presented in easy to read format. Read more
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180-year-old fungus collected by Darwin found in Cambridge library
Fungi and seaweed collected by Charles Darwin on his Beagle Voyage 180 years ago has been discovered, wrapped in newspaper in a Cambridge University library. Read more
Charles Darwin has been given a posthumous medical diagnosis which could finally put to rest extensive speculation about the naturalist's health condition. Monash University Associate Professor John Hayman believes Darwin probably suffered from cyclical vomiting syndrome (CVS) and not a psychological condition, as has been previously suggested by other researchers. Read more