A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by ...

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

The Galápagos Rail has returned after conservationists removed wild cat and rat populations that had driven out the bird ...

The Next Chapter columnist Brian Francis recommends three books on paper to fellow author Antonio Michael Downing.

Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.

Charles Darwin was a great believer in the notion that slow and steady wins the evolutionary race— that the biological march ...

The mysterious curly coated horses in South America evaded the famed naturalist. But now one couple is forming a herd of ...

By Bill Kilpatrick Social Darwinism is the idea that takes the teachings of evolution by Charles Darwin, mainly “the survival ...

With International Women’s Day on March 8, the month is also Women’s History Month…raising awareness and celebrating the contributions ...

Charles Darwin is best known for his work on natural selection, but some believe he also predicted the end of human ...

The Galápagos Rail ( Laterallus spilonota) is a ground-dwelling species that is extremely vulnerable to predators. The ...

In 1925, 24-year-old biology teacher John T. Scopes went on trial in one of the most prominent court cases of the 20th ...