A recently criticized textbook example of evolutionary forces in action, the dark forms of peppered moths that spread with industrialization in Britain, may be on its way back. Results of an ambitious ...

AT FIRST sight the peppered moth is a rather unprepossessing creature. Surrounded by its more brightly coloured relatives in a moth collection, drab old Biston betularia scarcely catches the eye. Yet ...

In 1848, an amateur lepidopterist in Manchester, England, caught an all-dark form of the off-white peppered moth. Some 16 years later, by which time the dark form was outnumbering the typical light ...

The darkening color of the peppered moth during the nineteenth century, often used by high school textbooks as a case study for adaptation, was confirmed as an accurate example of natural selection in ...

The molecular mechanics behind a classic example of evolution that dates back to Darwin’s time may soon be revealed. As soot from coal-fired factories blackened trees and buildings in 19th century ...

Peppered moths in England changed their camouflage during the Industrial Revolution, as buildings and trees around the city became darkened by soot and other pollution from early factories. New ...

Although the peppered moth has been the poster child of Darwinian evolution since the late 19 th century, over the past decade there’s been a public debate questioning the validity of this textbook ...

The same gene that enables tropical butterflies to mimic each other's bright and colorful patterning also caused British moths to turn black amid the grime of the industrial revolution, researchers ...

The same gene that enables tropical butterflies to mimic each other's bright and colourful patterning also caused British moths to turn black amid the grime of the industrial revolution, researchers ...