Darwin
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Darwin may refer to:
- Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
(1809–1882), EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection - Darwin, Northern TerritoryDarwin, Northern TerritoryDarwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
, a capital city in Australia
People
- Members of Charles Darwin's (1809–1882) family:
- Anne DarwinAnne DarwinAnne Elizabeth "Annie" Darwin was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles and Emma Darwin. According to biographers, she was a delightful child who brought much happiness to her parents. Eminent Darwin scholar E...
(1841–1851), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Bernard DarwinBernard DarwinBernard Richard Meirion Darwin CBE JP a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, was a golf writer and high-standard amateur golfer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
(1876–1961), golf writer - Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
(1809–1882), EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
naturalist and writer - Charles Darwin (1758–1778)Charles Darwin (1758–1778)Charles Darwin was the oldest son of Erasmus Darwin and Mary Howard , and was the uncle of the famous naturalist Charles Robert Darwin...
physician and scientist, uncle of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Charles Galton DarwinCharles Galton DarwinSir Charles Galton Darwin, KBE, MC, FRS was an English physicist, the grandson of Charles Darwin. He served as director of the National Physical Laboratory during the Second World War.-Early life:...
(1887–1962), physicist and activist - Charles Waring DarwinCharles Waring DarwinCharles Waring Darwin, who died when he was 18 months old , was the last of the children of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin, their tenth child and sixth son. He was born and died at the family home of Down House in Kent....
(1856–1858), youngest son of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Edward Levett DarwinEdward Levett DarwinCapt. Edward Levett Darwin , author under the pen-name High Elms of Gameskeeper's Manual, a guide for gamekeepers on large estates which shows keen observation of the habits of various animals....
(1821–1901), solicitor and author - Elizabeth Darwin (1847–1926), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
- Emma DarwinEmma DarwinEmma Darwin was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist, scientist and author of On the Origin of Species...
née Wedgewood (1808–1896), wife of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Emma Darwin (novelist)Emma Darwin (novelist)Emma L. Darwin is an English novelist who is the author of the historical fiction novels The Mathematics of Love and A Secret Alchemy . She is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles and Emma Darwin.-Biography:...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
2000s), novelist - Erasmus DarwinErasmus DarwinErasmus Darwin was an English physician who turned down George III's invitation to be a physician to the King. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, slave trade abolitionist,inventor and poet...
(1731–1802), physician and biologist, grandfather of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Erasmus Alvey DarwinErasmus Alvey DarwinErasmus Alvey Darwin , nicknamed Eras or Ras, was the older brother of Charles Darwin, born five years earlier, and also brought up at the family home, The Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...
(1804–1881), brother of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Etty DarwinEtty DarwinHenrietta Emma "Etty" Darwin, was a daughter of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Wedgwood.Etty was born in Down House, Downe in 1843. She was Darwin's third daughter and the eldest daughter to reach adulthood after the eldest Annie died aged 10, and second daughter Mary died before becoming a...
(1843–1929), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Francis DarwinFrancis DarwinSir Francis "Frank" Darwin, FRS , a son of the British naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin, followed his father into botany.-Biography:Francis Darwin was born in Down House, Downe, Kent in 1848...
(1848–1925), botanist - Francis Sacheverel DarwinFrancis Sacheverel DarwinSir Francis Sacheverel Darwin was a physician and traveller who was knighted by King George IV.- Early life :...
(1786–1859), physician and traveler - George DarwinGeorge DarwinSir George Howard Darwin, FRS was an English astronomer and mathematician.-Biography:Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin...
(1845–1912), astronomer and mathematician - Gwen RaveratGwen RaveratGwendolen Mary "Gwen" Raverat née Darwin was a celebrated English wood engraving artist who co-founded the Society of Wood Engravers in England.- Biography :...
née Gwendoline Mary Darwin (1885–1957), artist - Horace DarwinHorace DarwinSir Horace Darwin, KBE, FRS , a son of the English naturalist Charles Darwin, was a civil engineer.Darwin was born in Down House in 1851, the fifth son and ninth child of the British naturalist Charles Darwin and his wife Emma, the youngest of their seven children that survived to adulthood.He was...
(1851–1928), civil engineer - Leonard DarwinLeonard DarwinMajor Leonard Darwin , a son of the English naturalist Charles Darwin, was variously a soldier, politician, economist, eugenicist and mentor of the statistician and evolutionary biologist Ronald Fisher.- Biography :...
(1850–1943), soldier, politician, and activist - Nora BarlowNora BarlowEmma Nora Barlow was the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, who edited and published previously unseen examples of her grandfather's work.- Biography :...
née Emma Nora Darwin (1885–1989) - Robert DarwinRobert DarwinDr Robert Waring Darwin, F.R.S. was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin-Wedgwood family.-Biography:...
(1766–1848), physician, father of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Robert Waring Darwin of ElstonRobert Waring Darwin of ElstonRobert Waring Darwin of Elston Hall was an English botanist.He was the son of Robert Darwin of Elston , a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill . His youngest brother was Erasmus Darwin , the poet, philosopher, and physician...
(1724–1816), author of Principia Botanica - Robin DarwinRobin DarwinSir Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin KCB CBE was a British artist and Rector of the Royal College of Art.He was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. His sister is the potter Ursula Mommens. He was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin...
(1910–1974), artist - Ursula MommensUrsula MommensUrsula Frances Elinor Mommens was a British potter. Mommens studied at the Royal College of Art, under William Staite Murray, and later worked with Michael Cardew at Winchcombe Pottery and Wenford Bridge Pottery.She was the daughter of Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell...
née Darwin (1908–2010), potter - William Erasmus DarwinWilliam Erasmus DarwinWilliam Erasmus Darwin was the first-born son of Charles and Emma Darwin, and the subject of psychological studies by his father. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ's College Cambridge, and later became a banker at Grant and Maddison's Union Banking Company in Southampton. In 1877 he...
(1839–1914), eldest son of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) - Randal KeynesRandal KeynesRandal Hume Keynes, OBE, FLS is a British conservationist, author and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. He is the author of the intimate exploration of his famous ancestry, Annie's Box, subtitled Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution , a book about the relationship between Darwin and his...
, descendant of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and author of Annie's Box
- Anne Darwin
- Ben DarwinBen DarwinBen Darwin is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program, he played 28 times for the Wallabies, Australia’s national team, from 2001 to 2003. During this time, Darwin played games against the British and Irish Lions and was part...
(born 1976), Australian international Rugby player - Bobby DarwinBobby DarwinArthur Bobby Lee Darwin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Los Angeles Angels , Los Angeles Dodgers , Minnesota Twins , Milwaukee Brewers , Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs .Darwin began his career as a pitcher, appearing in one game with the Angels at the age of 19...
, (born 1943), American baseball player - Danny DarwinDanny DarwinDaniel Wayne "Danny" Darwin , known as the "Bonham Bullet" and "Dr. Death," is a former pitcher of Major League Baseball. He amassed 171 wins and 182 losses over his career for 8 different Major League teams with a 3.84 earned run average...
(born 1955), American baseball player - Donald Victor DarwinDonald Victor DarwinDonald Victor Darwin, , M.M., M.C.E., M.I.C.E., M.I.E. , CE., F.A.P.I., civil engineer, was born on 11 October 1896 at Redhill, South Australia, son of Henry Darwin, a native-born bank manager, and his wife Jessie Louise Cleta, née Gmeiner...
(1896–1972) Australian road engineer - Jeff DarwinJeff DarwinJeffrey Scott Darwin is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during three seasons at the major league level for the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the Mariners in the 13th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft...
(born 1969), American baseball player - John Darwin (statistician)John Darwin (statistician)John Haddrick Darwin was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1980 to 1984 and a member of the 1985–1986 Royal Commission on the Electoral System which recommended MMP. He was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the New Zealand Statistical Association in 2005.-Early life:He was born...
, (born 1923) - John (born 1950) and Anne Darwin, fraudsters in the John Darwin disappearance caseJohn Darwin disappearance caseThe John Darwin disappearance case was an investigation into the faked death of British former teacher and prison officer John Darwin, who turned up alive in December 2007, five years after he was thought to have died in a canoeing accident....
- Mike DarwinMike DarwinMichael G. Darwin, also known as Michael Federowicz, was the president of the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation from 1983 to 1988, and Research Director until 1992...
(born 1955), American writer and activist
In Australia
- Darwin, Northern TerritoryDarwin, Northern TerritoryDarwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
- Charles Darwin National ParkCharles Darwin National ParkCharles Darwin National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 4 km southeast of Darwin. It is notable for its World War II–era concrete bunkers, one of which has been converted into a visitors centre and display of World War II memorabilia. It also has lookouts towards the city of...
- Charles Darwin ReserveCharles Darwin ReserveCharles Darwin Reserve is a 686 km2 nature reserve in Western Australia. Formerly Whitewells Station, it is 90 km from Wubin and 355 km north of Perth. It lies within the South West Botanical Province on the northern edge of the Wheatbelt, and is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia , by...
- Charles Darwin UniversityCharles Darwin UniversityCharles Darwin University is an Australian public university with about 20,000 students in 2007.The University offers a wide range of Higher Education degrees and Vocational Education and Training courses with flexible study options, including part-time, external and online.CDU has campuses in the...
- Darwin River, Northern TerritoryDarwin River, Northern TerritoryDarwin River is an outer suburban area in Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the Darwin River which flows through the locality.-External links:...
- Darwin International AirportDarwin International AirportDarwin International Airport is the busiest airport serving the Northern Territory and the tenth busiest airport in Australia. It is the only airport serving Darwin....
- Darwin Dam (Tasmania)Darwin Dam (Tasmania)Darwin Dam is one of two dams that contain Lake Burbury, West Coast, Tasmania.It captures the high rainfall in the catchment of the King River...
- Division of DarwinDivision of DarwinThe Division of Darwin was an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and abolished in 1955, when it was replaced by the Division of Braddon. It was named after Charles Darwin, who visited Australia in 1836. It was located in north-western Tasmania, including the...
, 1903-1955 election division - Mount Darwin (Tasmania)Mount Darwin (Tasmania)Mount Darwin, Tasmania is a mountain in the West Coast Range, Tasmania, named after Charles Darwin.-Location:On the eastern side of the mountain sits Darwin, a long-abandoned town site. Mount Darwin is the southernmost mountain of the West Coast range...
In Europe
- Natural History Museum#The Darwin Centre, London
- Darwin College, CambridgeDarwin College, CambridgeDarwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin...
- Darwin College, KentDarwin College, KentDarwin College is the fourth oldest college of the University of Kent, an English institution in the United Kingdom. It was opened in 1970.- Namesake :After heavy debate, it was named after Charles Darwin, the biologist...
- Darwin Shopping CentreDarwin Shopping CentreThe Darwin Shopping Centre is the largest of the three main shopping centres in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England, comprising approximately 17 per cent of the town centre's retail offer by leasable area....
, Shrewsbury
In North America
- Darwin, CaliforniaDarwin, CaliforniaDarwin is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States. Darwin is located southeast of Keeler, at an elevation of 4790 feet . The population was 43 at the 2010 census, down from 54 at the 2000 census. It is named after Dr...
, in Inyo County - Darwin, Fresno County, CaliforniaDarwin, Fresno County, CaliforniaDarwin is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. It was located on the railroad north of Reedley and south of the rail crossing of Wahtoke Creek.-References:...
- Darwin FallsDarwin FallsDarwin Falls is a waterfall located on the western edge of Death Valley National Park near the settlement of Panamint Springs, California. Although there exists a similarly named Darwin Falls Wilderness adjacent to the falls, the falls themselves are located in and administered by Death Valley...
, California (waterfall) - Darwin Falls WildernessDarwin Falls WildernessThe Darwin Falls Wilderness is a wilderness area in the northern Mojave Desert, and part of the National Wilderness Preservation System established by the California Desert Protection Act and managed by the Bureau of Land Management...
- Darwin Township, Clark County, IllinoisDarwin Township, Clark County, IllinoisDarwin Township is one of fifteen townships in Clark County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 378.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Darwin Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.54 percent is water....
- Darwin School, Manitoba
- Darwin, MinnesotaDarwin, MinnesotaDarwin is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 350 at the 2010 census. It is known primarily for purportedly having the world's biggest ball of twine, which is located across from the public park on Main Street in the center of town.-Geography:According to the...
- Darwin, OhioDarwin, OhioDarwin is a small unincorporated community in central Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio, in the United States. It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Athens and Pomeroy, at its intersection with State Route 681.-Education:...
- Mount Darwin (California)Mount Darwin (California)Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in the Kings Canyon National Park and the Inyo National Forest of California. Two Australian geologists, Ernest Clayton Andrews and Willard D. Johnson, made the first recorded ascent on...
In South America
- Cordillera DarwinCordillera DarwinThe Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range mantled by an ice field. It is located in the southwestern portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, entirely within the Chilean territory. It is part of the longest Andes range and includes the highest mountains in Tierra del Fuego, with...
, Tierra del Fuego - Darwin ChannelDarwin ChannelThe Darwin Channel forms a westward continuation of the Aisén Fjord and links it to the Pacific Ocean at Isquiliac Island. It is located in the coast of Chile at approximately 45.4° south latitude. This is one of the main channels situated between the islands of the Chonos Archipelago.-References:*...
- Darwin, Falkland IslandsDarwin, Falkland IslandsDarwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, north of Goose Green...
- Darwin IslandDarwin IslandDarwin Island is named in honor of Charles Darwin, and is among the smallest in the Galapagos Archipelago with an area of just one square kilometer. With no dry landing sites, Darwin Island's main attractions are found in the Pacific Ocean, which is teeming with a spectacular variety of marine life...
, Galapagos Islands - Darwin SoundDarwin SoundThe Darwin Sound is an expanse of seawater which forms a westward continuation of the Beagle Channel and links it to the Pacific Ocean at Londonderry Island and Stewart Island, not far from the southern tip of South America...
- Mount Darwin (Andes)Mount Darwin (Andes)Mount Darwin, the highest peak in Tierra del Fuego at forms part of the Cordillera of the Andes, South America, just to the north of the Beagle Channel. It is formed of crystalline schists and has massive glaciers down its steep southern slopes....
, Tierra del Fuego - Darwin, Río Negro, a municipality in Río Negro Province, Argentina
In science and technology
- Darwin (unit)Darwin (unit)The Darwin is a unit of evolutionary change, defined by J.B.S. Haldane in 1949. One Darwin is defined to be an e-fold change in a trait over one million years. Haldane named the unit after Charles Darwin.-Equation:...
, a unit of evolutionary change, defined by J.B.S. Haldane - Darwin (ESA)Darwin (ESA)Darwin was a suggested ESA Cornerstone mission which would have involved a constellation of four to nine spacecraft designed to directly detect Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars and search for evidence of life on these planets...
, a European Space Agency project - Darwin MedalDarwin MedalThe Darwin Medal is awarded by the Royal Society every alternate year for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked, notably in evolution, population biology, organismal biology and biological diversity". First awarded in 1890, it was created in...
- RRS Charles DarwinRRS Charles DarwinThe RRS Charles Darwin was a Royal Research Ship belonging to the British Natural Environment Research Council. Since 2006, she has been the geophysical survey vessel, RV Ocean Researcher,-History:...
, a British ship - 1991 Darwin1991 Darwin1991 Darwin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1967 by C. U. Cesco and A. R. Klemola at the Yale-Columbia Southern Station, El Leoncito. It is named after the famous English naturalist Charles Darwin.- External links :*...
, a main-belt asteroid
Computer software and computing
- Darwin (programming game)Darwin (programming game)Darwin was a programming game invented in August 1961 by Victor A. Vyssotsky, Robert Morris Sr., and M. Douglas McIlroy. The game was developed at Bell Labs, and played on an IBM 7090 mainframe there...
- Darwin (operating system)Darwin (operating system)Darwin is an open source POSIX-compliant computer operating system released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code developed by Apple, as well as code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, and other free software projects....
, the Unix base for Apple's Mac OS X operating system - Darwin Streaming ServerDarwin Streaming ServerDarwin Streaming Server , is the first open sourced RTP/RTSP streaming server. It was released March 16, 1999 and is a fully featured RTSP/RTP media streaming server capable of streaming a variety of media types including H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 Part 2 and 3GP.Developed by Apple, it is the open...
- XDarwinXDarwinXDarwin was a port of the X Window System to run on the Mac OS X and Darwin operating systems. It permitted the use of programs written for X11 on those operating systems....
- Darwin Information Typing ArchitectureDarwin Information Typing ArchitectureThe Darwin Information Typing Architecture is an OASIS standard XML data model for authoring and publishing. Many third party tools support authoring, including Adobe FrameMaker, XMetaL, Arbortext, Quark XML Author, Oxygen XML Editor, easyDITA, and SDL Xopus...
- DarwinbotsDarwinbotsDarwinBots is an open source artificial life simulator, originally developed by Carlo Comis, providing a virtual environment in which a number of digital organisms called "bots" interact, fight for resources, and eventually reproduce and evolve.-Simulation:...
, an open source artificial life simulator
Craters
- Darwin (lunar crater)Darwin (lunar crater)Darwin is a lunar crater of the type categorised as a walled plain. It lies in the southeastern part of the Moon, and is sufficiently close to the limb to appear significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. Attached to its southern rim is Lamarck...
- Darwin (Martian crater)
- Darwin CraterDarwin CraterDarwin Crater is a suspected meteorite impact crater in Western Tasmania, Australia. It is expressed as a rimless circular flat-floored depression, in diameter, within mountainous and heavily forested terrain south of Queenstown. It lies east of the West Coast Range and just within the...
, in Tasmania
In entertainment
- Darwin (film)Darwin (film)Darwin is a 2011 documentary film directed by Nick Brandestini. It is a portrait of the small and remote community of Darwin, located in California’s Mojave Desert...
, a 2011 documentary film - Darwin (seaQuest DSV), a dolphin in the TV series seaQuest DSV
- Darwin 4078Darwin 4078is an arcade game released by Data East in 1986. The game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up like Xevious, but as the title indicates, Charles Darwin's process of evolution is incorporated into the gameplay.-Setting & design:...
, an arcade game - Darwin (comics)Darwin (comics)Darwin is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. He first appeared in X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2, and was created by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Pete Woods. Darwin was one of the "Missing X-Men"...
, a fictional character in the Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
Universe, associated with X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1... - Darwin!Darwin!Darwin! is the second album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. It was released in 1972 on Ricordi. It is a concept album about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution.The album is highly rated by progressive rock fans as one of the top albums in the genre....
, a 1972 musical album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Other uses
- Darwin RebellionDarwin RebellionThe Darwin Rebellion of 17 December 1918 was the culmination of unrest in the Australian Workers' Union which had grown between 1911 and 1919. Led by Harold Nelson, some 1000 demonstrators marched on Government House at Liberty Square in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia where they burnt an...
, a demonstration which took place in Australia in 1918 - North Australian sport:
- Darwin Baseball LeagueDarwin Baseball LeagueEstablished in 1953, the Darwin Baseball Association and latterly Darwin Baseball League is the governing body of amateur baseball in Darwin, Northern Territory. The DBL is governed by Baseball NT and ultimately, the Australian Baseball Federation....
- Darwin Rugby LeagueDarwin Rugby LeagueThe Darwin Rugby League is a rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the League's Affairs...
- Darwin Baseball League
- Darwin AirlineDarwin AirlineDarwin Airline is a regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Lugano Airport in Agno, Switzerland, near Lugano. It operates scheduled domestic services and international services to Italy, France and Spain. Its main base is Lugano Airport....
, based in Switzerland - Darwin Lagrangian
See also
- DarwenDarwenDarwen is a market town and civil parish located within Lancashire, England. Along with its northerly neighbour, Blackburn, it forms the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen — a unitary authority area...
- Darwinia (disambiguation)
- Darwin AwardsDarwin AwardsThe Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honor, created by Wendy Northcutt to recognize individuals who contribute to human evolution by self-selecting themselves out of the gene pool through putting themselves in life-threatening situations...
- Darwin glassDarwin GlassDarwin glass is a natural glass found south of Queenstown in West Coast, Tasmania. It takes its name from Mount Darwin in the West Coast Range, where it was first reported, and later gave its name to Darwin Crater, a probable impact crater, and the inferred source of the glass.-Occurrence:Fragments...
- Darwin DayDarwin DayDarwin Day is a recently instituted celebration intended to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin's contribution to science and to promote science in general.-History:...
- Darwin-Wedgwood family
Animals
- Darwin's finchesDarwin's finchesDarwin's finches are a group of 14 or 15 species of passerine birds. It is still not clear which bird family they belong to, but they are not related to the true finches. They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands during the second voyage of the Beagle...
- Darwin's FoxDarwin's FoxDarwin's fox or Darwin's Zorro is a small Critically endangered canine from the genus Lycalopex. It is also known as the Zorro Chilote or Zorro de Darwin in Spanish and lives on Chiloé Island and Nahuelbuta National Park in mainland Chile .Darwin's fox was first collected from San Pedro Island off...
- Darwin's FrogDarwin's FrogDarwin's Frog is a frog native to the forest streams of Argentina and Chile. It was first described by French Zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril and his assistant Gabriel Bibron, and is named after Charles Darwin who discovered it in Chile during his world voyage on the HMS Beagle.The most...
- Darwin's Leaf-eared MouseDarwin's Leaf-eared MouseDarwin's Leaf-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central Chile....
- Darwin's NothuraDarwin's NothuraThe Darwin's Nothura, Nothura darwinii, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in high altitude grassland in the southern Andes in South America.-Etymology:...
, a tinamou - Darwin's RheaDarwin's RheaDarwin's Rhea, Rhea pennata, also known as the Lesser Rhea, is a large flightless bird, but the smaller of the two extant species of rheas. It is found in the Altiplano and Patagonia in South America.-Description:...
- Darwin's Rice RatDarwin's Rice RatNesoryzomys darwini, also known as Darwin's Nesoryzomys or Darwin's Galápagos Mouse, is a species of rodent in the genus Nesoryzomys that lived on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. It was probably nocturnal and inhabited burrows or rock crevices under bushes. Only four specimens exist,...