Recent Articles
Castaway lizards provide insight into elusive evolutionary process, founder effects
February 2, 2012
ScienceDaily: Frog and Reptile News
A biologist who released lizards on tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas has shed light on the interaction between evolutionary processes that are seldom observed. He found that the lizards' genetic and morphological traits were determined by both natural selection and a phenomenon called founder effects, which occur when species colonize new territory.
Caribbean lizards settle 'founder effect' controversy
February 2, 2012
ScienceDaily: Frog and Reptile News
In the first experimental study of the founder effect in a natural setting, researchers found that natural selection does not overwhelm the founder effect.
Sea Turtle Baby Boom Breaks Records
February 1, 2012
Discovery News - Animal News
More than a million green turtle eggs were laid last year on one of the Turtle Islands in the Philippines.
Sex Is Scary and Castrating for Spider
February 1, 2012
Discovery News - Animal News
Sex is so dangerous for some that they actually castrate themselves during the act but it makes them stronger.