Friday, April 18, 2008

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution In New Home

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2008)
“Striking differences in head size and shape, increased bite strength and the development of new structures in the lizard’s digestive tracts were noted after only 36 years, which is an extremely short time scale,” says Duncan Irschick, a professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “These physical changes have occurred side-by-side with dramatic changes in population density and social structure.” Read the FULL STORY.