Leonard Lee Rue III. The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment is called adaptation. It occurs when natural selection acts on a heritable trait, or characteristic, that allows an individual to better survive in its environment. Organisms with such a trait are more likely to thrive and reproduce in that environment and pass the beneficial trait on to their. adaptation...
By Frances Romero Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Mohandas Gandhi's storied history of resistance included many stints in jail, starting with a two-month imprisonment in 1907 in South Africa, where he was working to end discrimination against Indians living there. He was arrested for urging them to ignore a law requiring Indians to be registered and fingerprinted.
He played his first prison concert in 1957 at the Huntsville State Prison in Texas. Many more followed. The unique energy of these appearances was captured in 1968 on the At Folsom Prison recording. The album cemented Cash's outlaw image and reignited his career, which had been floundering in the mid-60s as he battled drug addiction.