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.
The religion and political views of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi or even just Gandhi, was born and raised in Porbandar, in what was then British India. He died by an assassinâs bullet in 1948. Gandhiâs was a Hindu by birth, but his initial religious influence came from his mother, who was very interested in Jainism. Before Gandhi left for law school in London, his mother made him take Jain vows to avoid eating meat, to not drink alcohol, and to not touch a woman.