T W. H. HARRISON and F. C. Garrett (Proc. Roy. Soc., B, vol. 99, p. 241, Feb. 1926) record the results of some eight years observation and experiment upon the inheritance of melanism induced in ...

The rise of dark forms of many species of moth in heavily polluted areas of 19th and 20th century Britain, known as industrial melanism, was a highly visible response to environmental change. But did ...

The rise of dark forms of many species of moth in heavily polluted areas of 19th and 20th century Britain, known as industrial melanism, was a highly visible response to environmental change. But did ...

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 ...

Melanism is a rare condition that can make for some interesting-looking animals. It's caused by an over-development of melanin in the skin and can turn animals completely or partially black. Melanism ...

(Yes, a comprehensive study of the DNA of mantas and mobulas reclassified mantas in the genus Mobula in the Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society recently.) They are one of the ocean’s most ...