For more than four decades, the husband and wife team of Peter and Rosemary Grant travelled to the isolated Galapagos archipelago to watch evolution unfold in front of them. They were studying some of ...

Researchers who helped decipher the zebra finch genome have found hints that the birds' sense of smell may have evolved independently. Darwin's finches -- some 14 related species of songbirds found on ...

In the sunbaked Galápagos Islands, a male finch perches on a branch, hearing what sounds like another bird’s song. But something’s not quite right. The song is slower and deeper, like a familiar tune ...

One of the most iconic observations in biology is Charles Darwin's study of the finches of the Galapagos Islands, and his realization that they had all arisen from the same ancestral bird population.

The beaks of Darwin's medium ground finches can evolve to crush the shells of hard seeds. Credit: Andrew Hendry They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation—which ...

Darwin’s finches may be the best-known example of evolution by natural selection, yet a new study suggests that one species of this famous group of birds may be reaching an "evolutionary dead end." ...

The lure of little guys of the wrong species — plus an invasion of flies — may drive one of Darwin’s finch species toward extinction. Diverse finches that Darwin saw scattered across the Galápagos ...

WHEN the going gets tough, the tough evolve. A species of Darwin’s finch in the Galapagos has evolved a smaller beak to avoid competing with a larger-billed recent immigrant, possibly the clearest ...

A genome study of the famed Darwin finch species on the Galapagos and Cocos islands has unveiled a gene behind the 15 species’ remarkable variation of beaks, a feature that helped inspire the father ...

Bringing home fellas that look just like dad might be a red flag to some. But for Galápagos finches, a pairing like this might just do papa proud. ByKatherine J. Wu Monday, October 22, 2018 NOVA ...

Spending time with offspring is beneficial to development, but it's proving lifesaving to Galápagos Islands Darwin's finches. A new study has found evidence Darwin's finch females that spend longer ...