While many may know that Charles Darwin was quite happy to keep company with his notebooks and his telescopes, there are many more fascinating things to learn about this remarkable scientist on this engaging and visually appealing website created by the American Museum of Natural History. Designed to function as an online counterpart to a recent in situ exhibition, the site is divided into small...

Launched in 1974, the Darwin Correspondence Project centers on an impressive collection of 8,500 transcribed letters authored by or addressed to Charles Darwin. In recent years, this longstanding project has added to its impressive collection of correspondence and introduced a number of new features, including lesson plans, multimedia resources, short essays, and more. The letters collection can...