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Satellite tracking of a common hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), which was fitted with a tracking device in the Galapagos ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Most coral reefs do not thrive in nutrient-poor “marine deserts” as once believed, but instead flourish in nutrient-rich ...

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...

“It’s extremely rare to find things that were once thought to be extinct, and to rediscover them,” Terry Gosliner, who ...

“It may be doubted,” Darwin wrote, “if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of ...

As far as I know, Charles Darwin never played in a band, but he still got famous. What many people don’t know is that he was mainly famous for his book about earthworms.

They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions ...

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...