Darwin Day marks more than a birthday—it marks a shift in thinking. Charles Darwin"s observations connected variation, the survival of individuals best suited to their environment, and inheritance in ways science still builds on. His legacy rests on years of studying variation—finches, fossils, barnacles—and recognizing patterns others had overlooked. When "On the Origin of Species" was published in 1859, it offered a framework explaining how species evolve through natural selection.
Darwin Day
Today in History
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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A bison preserve
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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Great hornbill, Thailand
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Over the boardwalk
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Flying high on National Bird Day
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Sunny day, sweepin the clouds away
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The desert blooms
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Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia
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Burrowing owls
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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National Park Week: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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Death Valley National Parks Anniversary
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
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Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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International Beaver Day
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
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The town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
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