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Journal of Evolutionary Biology Confirms Jonathan Wells (by Name) on Peppered Moth Myth
In a series of clever experiments, the researchers used native South Korean moths that employ camouflage when resting on their native habitat, pine trees.
Too Bad David Coppedge Isn’t a Peppered Moth
There’s something hallucinatory about this fixation on a single pitiable and tattered insect.
Revenge of the Peppered Moths?
British biologists dust off a moth-eaten myth: that peppered moths prove Darwinian evolution.
Peppered Moth Now Reverts Back to Gray: Evidence of Oscillating Selection?
In the world of peppered moths, gray is the new black. The “peppered moth” became famous after textbooks started using it as an iconic example of evolution. It’s still employed in some current textbooks: Douglas Futuyma’s 2005 edition of Evolution states, “By the 1930s, however, examples of very strong selection came to light. One of the first examples was Industrial Melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia). … There is considerable evidence, obtained by several independent researchers, that birds attack a greater proportion of gray than black moths where tree trunks, due to air pollution, lack the pale lichens that would otherwise cover them.” (p. 393) While Futuyma is right to further note that “other factors also appear to affect Read More ›
Peppered Hares — An Emerging Evolutionary Icon
Some hares turn white in winter where it’s snowy, but remain brown in winter where it’s mild. What does that have to do with Darwinian evolution?