Curated OER
The Flower and the Fly
It's like a biological "Beauty and the Beast!" The fascinating mutualism between a South African meganosed fly and a deep-throated geranium builds a case study in coevolution for your biology buffs to analyze. After reading about this...
Curated OER
The Value of a Garden
Students explore the history of taxonomy, the work of Carl Linnaeus, and the factors involved in the decline and extinction of a variety of botanical species.
Curated OER
Coevolution: A Simulation
Young scholars participate in a demonstration in which they must attempt to suck liquid from varying containers with straws of varying sizes. They discuss the concept of coevolution and see why this activity illustrate the coevolution...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Red Queen
An example of the Red Queen hypothesis, the sexual population of Mexican Poeciliid fish is able to keep up with a changing environment, while the asexual populations are not as successful. From Evolution: "Why Sex?" Video length: 4 min....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Coevolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out how coevolution can occur in nature and identify the endosymbiotic theory.
Brown University
Brown University: Coevolution
This page provides a strict definition for coevolution, engages in a discussion of specific examples, and explains why they are or aren't coevolution.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Evolution
Read a brief, but clear description of the three evolutionary processes that occur in species over time.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Coevolution Simulation
This site from Access Excellence provides a lesson plan/lab activity for simulating coevolution. Flowers and straws represent the effect that beak size and shape would have on real pollinators.
University of California
Understanding Evolution: Mechanisms: The Processes of Evolution
Examine the six major mechanisms of evolution and evolutionary processes.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Understanding Batesian Mimicry
Biological mimicry is a fascinating subject and Batesian mimicry does not disappoint. It occurs as a protective mechanism when one defenseless species mimics characteristics of a species that can harm or even poison a predator. Examples...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Macroevolution Study Guide
Review the process of species changing and evolving over time.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Coevolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes coevolution and how it occurs.
University College London
University College London: Coevolution
Defines several types of coevolution in depth. It discusses many examples of coevolution.The reason certain biological relationships are not considered coevolution is discussed as well.
Other
Clermont College: Coevolution and Pollination
The first part of this page explores coevolution by giving some examples.