The ways eastern fence lizards have changed in response to red imported fire ants demonstrate how species can adapt to survive the presence of invasive predators.
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A long-term study of wild animal populations shows each generation is on average almost 20% genetically ‘better’ than their parents at surviving and reproducing.
New research models how the Homo floresiensis species could have evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island.
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Professor of Biology and Verne M. Willaman Dean, Eberly College of Science, Penn State
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Researcher in evolutionary biology (DECRA fellow), Australian National University
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Professor of Paleontology and Paleoecology, University of Naples Federico II
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Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)