Mere months after the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”, the finches that inspired Darwin’s theory of divergent evolution are once again at the ...

After visiting the Galapagos, Charles Darwin proposed that species who compete for the same, limited food resources tend to diverge from each other to reduce competition. Seed-eating finches have ...

Few people have the tenacity of ecologists Peter and Rosemary Grant, willing to spend part of each year since 1973 in a tent on a tiny, barren volcanic island in the Galapagos. Even fewer would have ...

Bridgett vonHoldt is best known for her work with dogs and wolves, so she was surprised when a bird biologist pulled her aside and said, "I really think you can help me solve this problem." So she ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation -- which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes -- seems to hold in retrospect, it has been ...

The striking variations in the shape and size of the beak of finches on the Galapagos Islands have given naturalist Charles Darwin the idea that the traits of species could evolve over time as they ...

Charles Darwin recognized adaptions in the beaks of finches as being due to natural selection, and now modern researchers have identified a gene in the bird responsible for their shapes. Charles ...

Bird beaks are a textbook example of adaptations to feeding strategies, but there’s one major exception: birds of prey. While Darwin’s finches display a dazzling array of beak shapes and sizes – well ...

The 14 species of Galapagos finches that have inspired evolutionists since the days of Charles Darwin may reveal yet more. The birds may have evolved different courtship songs as byproducts of beak ...

Darwin's finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates and now a new study has provided fresh insights into their rapid development and ...

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