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The Lizard Scientists: Studying Evolution in Action
Hardcover
Series: Scientists in the Field
AnimalsGeneral Juvenile NonfictionScience & Nature
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9780358381402
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: Dec 13 2022
Pages: 80
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 11.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
In this groundbreaking, exceptionally researched installment of the award-winning Scientists in the Field series, discover how lizards rapidly adapt to life in the Caribbean islands, allowing scientists to study Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection in real time.
Award-winning author Dorothy Hinshaw Patent joins forces with scientists/filmmakers Neil Losin and Nate Dappen, whose work is detailed in the Smithsonian Channel documentary Laws of the Lizard, to explore how the small but mighty lizards we call anoles are used by scientists to study basic principles of evolution and ecology.
Travel with the team to Florida and the Caribbean as they research how anoles followed similar but independent evolutionary paths on the four major islands of the Greater Antilles (Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba). So while anoles on different islands may look like close relatives, they often are not! This is Darwin's principle of natural selection at work.
And it makes anoles the perfect subjects for experiments that study how animals adapt to new challenges--such as climate change--in this exciting and timely addition to a celebrated series.
Go into the field with real scientists and discover:
- Evolution for Kids: See Charles Darwin's theories come to life as scientists observe anole lizards evolving in real time on Caribbean islands.
- Hands-on Science: Travel to Florida and the Caribbean to see how field biologists conduct experiments, track lizard populations, and even stage a Lizard Olympics!
- Zoology for Kids: Learn why the anole is a perfect subject for study, from their specialized toepads to the way different species have followed similar evolutionary paths on different islands.
- Environmental Science: Investigate how anoles are adapting to huge challenges like climate change, devastating hurricanes, and the growth of cities.
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