Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception. Communications Biology , 2019; 2 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0502-7 ...

New Evidence Shows Peppered Moths Changed Color in Sync With the Industrial Revolution Scientists used “jumping genes” as a time machine to track down changes in moths’ appearance ...

Biston betularia: light phenotype (left), dark phenotype (right) WIKIMEDIA, OLAF LEILLINGER (LEFT, RIGHT) Scientists have finally identified the genetic change that enabled the black peppered moth ...

It is difficult to distinguish caterpillars of the peppered moth from a twig. The caterpillars not only mimic the form but also the color of a twig. In a new study, researchers of Liverpool ...

Peppered moths and copycat butterflies owe their wing color-changing abilities to a single gene, two independent studies suggest. A genetic tweak in a portion of the cortex gene that doesn’t ...

This includes changes seen in the peppered moth in the 19th century. This segment of genetic code is known to assist in cell division, and researchers are still uncertain how it alters wing color.

Peppered-moth caterpillars can change their hue to match their surroundings without looking, a study has found. But how they do it remains a mystery. By Cara Giaimo Peppered moth caterpillars live ...

Per Eacock’s blog post, the scientists believe peppered moth caterpillars evolved the ability to sense color with their skin in order to gain more accurate visual information—perhaps, for ...

But the evidence in favor of natural selection on peppered moths continued to accumulate. For one thing, Britain and other countries cleaned up their air in the late 1900s, and trees went from ...

Aug. 5 (UPI) --Peppered moth caterpillars don't see color so much as they feel it. According to new research, peppered moths, during their caterpillar stage, sense color through their skin.