Abercrombie & Kent will host an 11-day philanthropic trip to the islands beginning Oct. 22 that will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National ...

But by the time Darwin published "On the Origin of Species" - 23 years later - he had gathered evidence for his theory from so many other places that he barely mentioned the Galapagos Islands.

After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic ...

Darwin said the huge, 500-pound-plus reptiles “surrounded by the black lava, the leafless shrubs and large cacti seemed to my fancy like some antediluvian animals.” Almost gone ...

The Galapagos Islands, a remote string of islands in the Pacific Ocean, inspired Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection after he landed there in 1835 on the HMS Beagle.

The Galapagos, an archipelago of small islands 600 miles off Ecuador, were made famous by Charles Darwin. It was there, by observing differences in native species in 1831, where he honed his ...

Charles Darwin has had the most influence of all the scientists to visit the Galapagos Islands. (Photo by David Dickstein) Our stateroom was modern and clean with an unexpectedly large shower.