Two new sections on the Darwin Correspondence Project website

From the Darwin Correspondence Project website:

Darwin and ecology
The introduction to the Darwin and ecology section considers ways of viewing what ecology was in a time before the word was coined; it reveals how Darwinian theory changed not only how naturalists thought about the world but also how they then investigated the complex relationships among species in the struggle for existence. A number of specific topics related to Darwin and ecology will be examined in articles to be made available in this section. The first of these articles, Beauty and the seed, looks at a fascinating puzzle that Darwin wrote about to a correspondent in Brazil; a puzzle that has only now started to be solved by ecologists working in the same country.

Teaching resources
We have also made available a series of teaching resources about Darwin's correspondence, suitable for use in science, history, religion, gender studies or literature classes.
Darwin's letters make excellent sources for teaching in a wide variety of subjects. Short letter-sets have been prepared on various topics, such as species theory, beauty, class and gender relations, friendship, and scientific controversy. These materials, together with a brief introduction, discussion questions, and a list of further reading, are now available on the Darwin Project website.