New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

Charles Darwin theorized that a sound, smell or color that's attractive to one species can be preferred by others too. A new study finds humans and animals do share preferences for certain sounds.

And he thinks that, for all their earnestness, both sides are missing the essential message of Charles Darwin, that there are two sides to economics: the invisible hand of market competition, to be ...

Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily ...

Charles Darwin brought to the question of marriage the same patient exactitude with which he contemplated finches and earthworms, though he didn't quite maintain his dispassion. "Not forced to visit ...

For the first time since his death in 1882, Charles Darwin’s impressive library has been virtually reassembled to reveal the multitude of books, pamphlets and journals cited and read by the ...

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 ...

A piece of paper on which Charles Darwin laid out his definitive defence of the theory of evolution has sold for a record price at Sotheby's. The manuscript, which is signed by the great scientist, ...

For decades, the Charles Darwin Research Station has been at the forefront of leading initiatives in conservation, restoration and sustainable development to ensure the Galápagos Islands remain an ...

In 1925 a Tennessee teacher of biology named Thomas Scopes was tried for teaching the theory of evolution. An expert witness at the trial relates how evolution lost in court but won in the eyes of the ...