Real peppered moths often don’t sit on tree trunks with wings extended, for example. Creationists called the whole phenomenon a fraud and a reason to question evolution itself. Decline of dark ...

The peppered moth Biston betularia (L.) and its melanic mutant will be familiar to readers of Heredity as an example of rapid evolutionary change brought about by natural selection in a changing ...

Within a few decades of their first appearance near Manchester, the black moths dominated, making up 90 percent or more of the peppered moth population in local urban areas.

There’s no hiding the fact: the moth is the dowdy relation of its prettier cousin, the butterfly. But one Manchester moth holds a special place above all 'God's creatures' as proof of evolution.

Nevertheless, many defenders of Darwinian evolution rush to protect the peppered moth icon as though their religion depended on it. In 2000, ...

Evolution by natural selection is the process of change in the characteristics of a population in response to the environment. Observations of peppered moths (Biston betularia) in the UK are an ...

T he peppered moth is an iconic example of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. For centuries peppered moths (Biston betularia) were common in the forests around Manchester ...

For decades, Britain’s peppered moth has been the textbook example of how humans can rapidly drive evolution in another species. New textbooks might want to use a New Zealand stonefly instead. The ...