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.
Gandhi Leads Revolt. Gandhi began his revolt against British rule by leading a march to the Gujart seacoast. There, he illegally made salt. The march was the beginning of both a widespread campaign of civil disobedience and some less peaceful rioting. In Peshawar, government troops fired on an unarmed crowd, killing thirty persons.