In May 2005, researchers placed one male and one female lizard on each of seven empty Bahamian islands; four years later, no two populations matched

A hurricane cleared seven islands. That accident created the one experiment evolutionary biologists had never been able to ...

A hurricane created a rare scientific opportunity: Scientists turned seven empty Bahamian islands into a living laboratory to watch lizard evolution unfold from the b…

A hurricane cleared Bahamian islands, offering scientists a rare chance to observe evolution beginning anew. Researchers ...

Lizard legs evolve fast: Bahamas experiment tracks rapid change; natural selection measured in decades

A fascinating study revealed that brown anole lizards, which were introduced to isolated Bahamian islands, underwent rapid ...

Scientists left two lizards on seven empty islands in 2005. Four years later, evolution had taken seven different paths; here's what happened

Scientists tested the founder effect in Bahamas brown anoles, revealing how chance shaped early populations while natural ...