Tag: Charles Darwin

Pigeons: Darwin’s Unappreciated Avian Assistant

Pigeons: Darwin’s Unappreciated Avian Assistant

By Michael Wheelock, @MSWheelock The Fallacy of Finches If I contribute as much to science as the pigeon has, I’ll consider my career an overwhelming success. Why? Because pigeons were instrumental in helping Darwin argue for evolution by natural selection. “Wait a second Mike,” you […]

Notes in the Margin: Charles Darwin

Notes in the Margin: Charles Darwin

By Carol Feltes Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Celebrate with “a little gem of a book:”  There have been so many books written about Charles Darwin, what should you recommend as an introduction to history’s most celebrated biologist? Here is the answer, Tim Berra’s Charles Darwin: The Concise […]

Creativity is Cool (Happy Birthday Charles Darwin)

Creativity is Cool (Happy Birthday Charles Darwin)

By Emily Jane Dennis,@emilyjanedennis Creativity is cool. Today is Darwin’s birthday. Instead of talking about his life or how he made everything in biology make sense, I want to talk about two of his drawings. These two drawings, separated by 22 years, are a perfect […]