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.

“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 ...

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 ...

More than 100 species of moths became darker to blend in with pollution during Britain’s industrial revolution, but did these different moth species all rely on the same gene to adapt? Two color ...

Scientists have revisited - and confirmed - one of the most famous textbook examples of evolution in action. They showed that differences in the survival of pale and dark forms of the peppered moth ...