Darwin Day 2026

Darwin Day, an annual celebration of all things biology, is organized by Texas A&M’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) program and EEBISO to coincide with the birthday of Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary biology, and preeminent thinker whose insights on the natural world lead to new discoveries to this day.  The EEB program enjoys the good fortune of a diversity of biologists – who study everything from Anthozoans to Zooplankton. These researchers are driven by a fascination for the natural world and their discoveries help propel science forward.

As scientists, we recognize the importance of making our work accessible to the public, because public opinion is enormously relevant to the future of the earth and how humans can positively impact it. During this free event, we invite the public to participate in hands-on science demonstrations that increase our understanding of science. Previous Darwin Days brought in thousands of TAMU students, faculty and their families, and members of the public to learn about biology and evolution. Popular booth ideas included games/crafts to educate about different topics, live animals, museum specimens, and microscope viewing.  Come and explore our Darwin Day event to see how TAMU researchers and their science are illuminating fundamental aspects of biology and making a difference in the real world.

The vision of Darwin Day is to “inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin. It will be a day of celebration, activism, and international cooperation for the advancement of science, education, and human well-being.”  – DarwinDay.org

Booth Sign-up and Participation

To make this event a success, we need help organizing and running interactive booths!

Please get together with colleagues and friends to come up with an idea for a booth and have one person per booth fill out the following Google form: https://forms.gle/WA3uRCEiMaTXuocV7 We are asking that all booths have a form completed by February 11th, 2026.

Forms

• If you are bringing live animals, we also ask that you complete and return the live animal form (see link in sidebar).
• If you would like to sell merchandise or take donations for your organization, please fill out the AgriLife Events Concessions Form (see link in sidebar).

All forms can be sent back to mtr74@tamu.edu or btorjman@tamu.edu.

If you want to volunteer for the event but don’t want to help organize/run a booth, keep an eye out for a future email asking for volunteer sign ups. We will definitely need some extra hands at the event with various tasks.