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Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work

  • Written by James T. Stroud, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology
Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at workAfter gathering data on the captured anole, the team releases it back to the wild.Neil Losin/Day's Edge Prods.

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. Here we’re tracking...

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