Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, the fifth of six children of wealthy and well-connected parents. The young Charles had a quietly Christian upbringing, but his family life ...

This story appears in the February 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship Beagle, during the years 1831-36, is one of the best ...

Notebooks written by Charles Darwin, which were mysteriously ... Battle of the Fruit and Vegetable Soldiers" was drawn by Darwin's children on pages from the first draft of "Origins of Species ...