This story was sent to you by: Chuck
--------------------
Six islands, 1,300 lizards and the evolutionary biologists
--------------------
Two articles below. Click on links to www.latimes (in purple or blue) to view articles.
Survival of the fittest is put to the test in the Bahamas: Are the reptiles affected more by competition for resources or by predators?
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
May 14 2010, 3:22 PM PDT
By covering large swaths of land with netting, making lizards jog on treadmills and turning six Caribbean islands into Darwinian laboratories, evolutionary biologists have made important discoveries about what drives the evolution of island lizards.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-lizard-20100510,0,4019427.story
Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com
This story was sent to you by: Chuck
--------------------
Lizards face extinction because of global warming, study finds
--------------------
Scientists express alarm at the risk to a valuable link in the food chain.
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
May 13 2010, 7:24 PM PDT
Twelve percent of Mexico's spiny lizard population has been driven to extinction over the last quarter-century by increasing local temperatures, a phenomenon that is linked to global warming, researchers said Thursday.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-lizards-20100513,0,3133013.story
Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com
Comments