Natural Selection Example 2

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Northern foxes can have different fur colors.

The foxes hunt squirrels for food. Foxes that have fur the same color as their environment are better at getting closer to squirrels and catching them.

The diagram below shows a population of foxes that live in one area. At time 1, the population had the same number of brown and white foxes. At time 2, after many generations, there were many more brown foxes and fewer white foxes in the population.

Natural Selection Example 2

How did the environment change between time 1 and time 2?

How did the population change?