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Darwin

Book Excerpt from The Mara Crossing
Ruth Padel | May 31, 2012 | 6 min read
Author Ruth Padel tells the stories of John James Audubon and cellular migration in prose and verse
Spot the Moth
Cristina Luiggi | May 1, 2012 | 1 min read
It’s a well-known story: The peppered moth’s ancestral typica phenotype is white with dark speckles. 
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Masters of the Planet, Learning from the Octopus, Darwin’s Devices, and Psychology’s Ghosts
Mighty Moth Man
Cristina Luiggi | May 1, 2012 | 4 min read
An evolutionary biologist’s posthumous publication restores the peppered moth to its iconic status as a textbook example of evolution.
Darwin Day Celebrations
Edyta Zielinska | Feb 13, 2012 | 1 min read
As institutions around the world start celebrations of Darwin Day, New York reveals a digitized catalog of Darwin’s scientific manuscripts.
Darwin Didn't Plagiarize Wallace
Bob Grant | Dec 13, 2011 | 1 min read
19th century shipping records defy the claim that Charles Darwin stole some of Alfred Russel Wallace's ideas to craft his theory of evolution.
Anti-evolution Vandals?
Edyta Zielinska | Aug 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Pro-evolution bumper stickers and emblems are being removed from the cars of biologists in Florida.
Ernst Haeckel’s Pedigree of Man, 1874
Hannah Waters | Aug 1, 2011 | 2 min read
After completing his studies in medicine and biology, a restless Ernst Haeckel set off for Italy in 1859 to study art and marine biology. The diversity of life fascinated the 26-year-old Prussian, and in addition to painting landscapes, he spent the
Darwin Goes Digital
Jessica P. Johnson | Jun 24, 2011 | 1 min read
Much of Charles Darwin’s personal library–both his books and what he wrote within them--is now available online.
Fighting to exist
Jef Akst | Jun 14, 2011 | 1 min read
The more closely related two species are, the more they're apt to drive one another to extinction.
Epigenetics and Society
Andrew D. Ellington | Mar 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Did Erasmus Darwin foreshadow the tweaking of his grandson’s paradigm?
Appealing Choice
Erika Lorraine Milam | Jan 1, 2011 | 3 min read
A book is born from pondering why sexual selection was, for so long, a minor component of evolutionary biology.
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