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Car traffic driving micro-evolution?

March 19, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

It’s hard to think that you can evolve to avoid fatal car crashes, but apparently, you can. Well not you, but other creatures like cliff swallows can. Ecologist Charles Brown at […]

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