Gregor Mendel’s long lost manuscript on his pea-breeding experiments is the object of a tug of war between his relatives and the monastic order to which he belonged.

The Father of Genetics. Like many great artists, the work of Gregor Mendel was not appreciated until after his death. He is now called the "Father of Genetics," but he was remembered as a gentle ...

In this episode, we’ll learn about Gregor Mendel, who used pea plants to study genetics. All of the different plants on Earth—from mango trees to marigolds—have come about thanks to the ...

Gregor Johann Mendel was born July 20, 1822 in a region of Austria that’s now part of the Czech Republic. He grew up on the family farm and worked as a gardener.

Editor’s note: There is scholarly debate on Mendel’s date of birth. According to historians, Mendel and his family celebrated on 22 July, and many surviving documents also point to this date.