The Darwin Tree of Life project has an ambitious target of sequencing the DNA barcodes and full genomes of all 66,000+ described UK species. Our work is the UK’s contribution to the Earth Biogenome ...

Scientists find the cause of mango twig tip dieback, eight years after the mysterious disease emerged in the Top End. Farmers ...

For weeks after, as Darwin continues to explore the pristine rainforest, he is awed. "Whilst seated on a tree, & eating my luncheon in the sublime solitude of the forest, the pleasure I experience ...

A newly developed "plant tree of life" may help scientists crack an "abominable mystery" declared by Charles Darwin. Flowering plants first evolved over 140 million years ago. Their sudden ...

Ecuador and the Tree of Life (12:55) Darwin's theory of a single tree of life and current biological research In Ecuador, biologists explore how adaptations to new environments can create new ...

I am the Researcher Leader for Ancient DNA, and the Head of the Division of Vertebrates and Anthropology in the Earth Sciences Department. I mainly work on projects that involve recovering DNA from ...

Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary ...

Darwin’s view here is now amply documented and understood at the most fundamental level of DNA. Darwin packed this paragraph with all of the elements of the process of natural selection.

Charles Darwin's “Tree of Life” sketch is seen on a page of “Notebook B,” one of the trove of Darwin documents that had been stored in the Cambridge University library Two of Charles ...

These are just a few of the creatures that live in the dark, humid mangrove forests along Darwin's coast, which have inspired a new collaboration from four local artists. Jasmine Jan, who ...