The peppered moth's coloring has changed to match the soot in the London air, the two-spotted octopus can alter its DNA, and the microscopic tardigrade can withstand radiation and temperatures of 300 degrees below zero. With wit and accessible scientific anecdotes, Maggie Ryan Sandford probes the mysteries of evolution, and in this illustrated overview she explains the weirdly wonderful attributes of the sloth, honey bee, cow, brown kiwi, lungfish, and the Neanderthal, among many others.