The project is training 200 conservationists from around the world to be leaders of the future.

The ship is following the route taken by Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle in 1831.

About 50 photos of the naturalist's childhood Shrewsbury home are uncovered by Shropshire Archives.

The 500-year-old tree is on the route of Shrewsbury's relief road, which councillors have backed.

The vessel will trace the route of Charles Darwin's 1831 voyage as part of a conservation project.

The piece was commissioned ahead of a sea journey following in the naturalist's footsteps.

A piece of paper on which the great scientist defends his evolution theory is sold for $882,000.

At auction is a rare, signed document the scientist produced for a 19th Century celebrity magazine.