The Galapagos is a province in Ecuador ... Researchers have found that drought events can reshape the finch beak and make it ...

In this case, he chose drought as the ecological ... an entirely new species of Darwin's medium ground finches could evolve in response to six major Galapagos droughts. "Our research is not ...

This morning came the talk that everyone had been waiting for - Princeton professors Peter and Rosemary Grant presented their 33-year project on the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches on the ...

Natural selection at its most powerful winnowed certain finches harshly during a severe drought in 1977. That year, the vegetation withered. Seeds of all kinds were scarce. The small, soft ones ...

The Galápagos Islands are renowned for their unique biodiversity, particularly the famous Darwin's finches, which have become a symbol of evolution and natural selection. However, these endemic ...

The Grants study the evolution of Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands ... event that the Grants saw affect the food supply was a drought that occurred in 1977. For 551 days the islands ...

Charles Darwin's observations of Galápagos finches led him to develop his theory of natural selection. (By coincidence Dr Bell passed his A-Levels at Darwin's alma mater Shrewsbury School.) ...