Introduced for the sake of sport, the entry of these rabbits to Australia marked the beginning of an infestation that would continue to plague the ecosystem over 150 years later.

This time, the conflict arose not over questions of self-governance or taxation, but the death of a swine in a tiny, contested corner of the world. In 1859, an American farmer shot a British pig ...

In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species ... animals and fossils during a five-year voyage around the world in the 19th century. Darwin visited four continents on the ship HMS Beagle.