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 ...

100? Could the population of moths become so different that they evolve to become a new species? See extension activities below for further ways to explore this topic. Evolution by natural selection ...

An evolutionary biologist’s posthumous publication restores the peppered moth to its iconic status as a textbook example of evolution. In this webinar, Ed Boyden and Jerzy Szablowski will talk about ...

In the peppered moth population of Great Britain there is variation in the colour of the moth’s bodies. Some moths have a light body; some have a dark, or melanic body. Body colour is an ...