The 3405 metres high Mount Fitz Roy – named after Robert Fitzroy, captain of HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin as a passenger – towers over El Chalten in the Los Glaciares National Park.

Meanwhile, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has a collection of 44 letters detailing the HMS Beagle expedition and further letters are held at the Natural History Museum and the Linnean Society of ...

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These provide important insights into the development of his thought and feature the iconic ‘Tree of Life’ diagram which he drew on his return from the voyage of the HMS Beagle. The Linnean Society of ...

(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) A volunteer helps a frog cross the road in the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Frogs ...

Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos tortoise while sailing on the HMS Beagle in 1835. He noted the shells’ unique shape and gigantic size. Experts estimate that the tortoises have inhabited ...

Most notable among them was the young Charles Darwin, who took a copy among his library on the 1831–36 voyage of the HMS Beagle. He used it on his travels to craft his descriptions of what he ...

We’re back with another egg-celent quiz. Happy Easter everyone, whether you go all out with the religious stuff and cook a big meal, or just bask in the long weekend sunshine eating chocolate ...

Happy Easter everyone, whether you go all out with the religious stuff and cook a big meal, or just bask in the long weekend sunshine eating chocolate and drinking. You are all welcome here.

Jonathan the tortoise was hatched around 1832, during a time when Charles Darwin was embarking on his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle and Queen Victoria was yet to ascend to the British throne. Based on ...