Shropshire is blessed with a wealth of geology. It’s a popular destination for geology field trips, with students from all over the country coming to learn their trade and study here – but did you…

Charles Darwin had many interests, many of which became passions. One of these was earthworms and the part they play in the natural world. This passion stayed with him throughout his life and…

Everyone knows The Beagle went to Galapagos but do you know where else it visited?

Britain’s most famous naturalist and most famous weatherman, surely there’s no link. But with only one degree of separation, it’s closer than you might think.

When Charles Darwin joined The Voyage of the Beagle, little did he know at the time that his observations would lead him to a permanent place among the world’s greatest scientists.

The Lady's Slipper Orchid is Britain's rarest and most impressive orchid. It caused great frustration to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Natural & artificial selections are at the heart of On the Origin of Species. Darwin realised that many varieties of pigeon originated from the same species - the Rock Dove, including feral…