I enjoyed visiting with anole researchers for my book “The Lizard Scientists” so much that I wanted to give nonscientists an example of the hard work it takes to learn about how Nature functions. I focused on James Stroud’s research as a good illustration of “what it takes” to study Nature in meaningful ways. Take a look at DorothyPatent.substack.com for ‘How Scientists “Do” Science’ and pass it on.
I’m now living on Kaua’i, where A. sagrei thrives in a number of environments. For example, I see almost totally black individuals on the long black volcanic rock walls along a walking path and long-tailed basically brown ones with a bright yellowish stripe along their backs along the paths bordered by dense vegetation. I know they can modify their colors depending on the background, but still, It looks to me like what one might call “secondary evolution” is going on.
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