Squeaks and Jessi have a story to tell you about the peppered moth, a special insect that taught us a lot about a process called natural selection.
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SOURCES:
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/animal-camouflage.htm
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/peppered-moth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway_pre_2011/environment/4_survival_of_fittest5.shtml
https://www.britannica.com/animal/peppered-moth
https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution
https://www.britannica.com/science/lichen
https://www.britannica.com/science/natural-selection
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/paper_money/paper_money_of_england__wales/the_industrial_revolution.aspx
http://eol.org/pages/298821/details
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