“Of Moths and Men” can serve as an elegant introduction to the method of science and the ways of scientists. Judith Hooper tells the intricate tale of how a British scientist’s supposed “proof” of ...

Last week, we posted a letter from scientists Kevin Padian and Alan Gishlick in response to a piece by Jonathan Wells in the September/October issue of Books & Culture, dealing with the notorious ...

Open almost any textbook dealing with biological evolution and you’ll probably find photographs of peppered moths resting on tree trunks—illustrating the classic story of natural selection in action.

In his otherwise excellent article, Jaap de Roode unwittingly perpetuates some more myths about the peppered moth (8 December 2007, p 46), and in particular about Bernard Kettlewell’s classic ...

Blindfolded insect larvae opted to perch on twigs matching their body coloring about 80 percent of the time Arjen v'ant Hof Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most peppered moths sported speckled ...

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