Climate change has altered the colour change of animals

Image courtesy of : Donald M. Jones/Minden Pictures. 

. joel Kontinen  

Some animals have adapted seasonal coat colour change. Now, climate change has begun to affect the extent and timing of snow cover and some individuals are mismatched to their background for a part of the years, for instance populations of white-tailed jack rabbits, are under selective pressure to better match coat colour to reduced snow cover.

 The change in colour is affecteded by intelligent design, but the animal do not know when to change their colour.

Source:  

Vignieri, Sacha. 2023. Mismatch fix, Science 25 March.