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The Daily Mail The only egg known to exist from Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the HMS Beagle has been rediscovered in a museum drawer. It was one of 16 collected by the naturalist on his historic trip from 1831 to 1836 - but it is the only one of the eggs whose whereabouts is known today. And records suggest that Darwin himself was responsible for the damage caused to the heavily cracked...

Found... 2009-04-14

The Statesman ... the egg that gave birth to Darwinism Liz Wetton travelled to the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology a few weeks ago expecting to spend her volunteering session in exactly the same way as she had for the past 10 years: sorting through the extensive collection of birds’ eggs and rehousing them in new boxes. On that...

New shows 2009-01-22

Ohio NEW SHOWS Reggae Awards Bash - 9:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Presented by ClevelandReggae.com and ChatBoutCleveland.com. $5. 216-383-1124. The Dixie Hummingbirds - 7 p.m. Jan. 31, Happy Days Lodge, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 500 W. Streetsboro Road, Peninsula. $15, $10 for CVNPA members, $5 ages 3-12. 330-657-2909. Project Object - 7...

Popular music 2009-03-12

Ohio POPULAR MUSIC Plain White T's - 6 tonight, House of Blues Cleveland, 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. With Single File and Vedera. $16.50. or 330-945-9400. The Black Lips - 8:30 tonight, Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. With Gentleman Jesse & His Men. $12. 216-383-1124. Downtown Soulville - 10 tonight, Beachland Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. With DJ Mr....

Darwin lost egg mystery is cracked 2009-04-10

The Times Cambridge The only egg known to have survived from Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle...

Beagle's egg 'damaged by Darwin' 2009-04-08

BBC News An egg thought to be the last specimen from Charles Darwin's HMS Beagle voyage has been rediscovered at Cambridge University's Zoology Museum. Records show Darwin himself caused the damage when he packed the egg in a box that was too...

Editorial: In praise of ... Easter eggs 2009-04-10

The Guardian With ingenious good timing, Cambridge University's Zoology Museum announced yesterday that it had found a broken chocolate-brown egg in its collection. This Easter surprise was laid by a tinamou, a small ground-living...

Charles Darwin's egg rediscovered 2009-04-10

BBC News At one time it was thought there were a dozen or more. It was spotted one day in February by volunteer Liz Wetton, who spends a day each week sorting eggs in the Museum's collection. She said: "It was an exhilarating experience. After working on the egg...

Darwin's egg find Easter surprise for museum 2009-04-12

NZ Herald 4:00AM Monday Apr 13, 2009 LONDON - Liz Wetton travelled to the University of Cambridge's Museum of Zoology a few weeks ago expecting to spend her volunteering session in exactly the same way as she had for the past 10 years: sorting through the extensive collection of birds' eggs and rehousing them in...

Taipei Times Just in time for Easter, a cracked brown egg, believed to be the last of a batch personally collected and then cackhandedly packed by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle, has turned up in the collection of Cambridge University’s zoology museum. The egg was found by a volunteer, Liz Wetton, who has been helping to catalog the museum’s gigantic collection of birds’...

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