Anatomy determines how lizards attract partners and repel rivals
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
Catching the attention of females in a darkened rainforest amid a blur of windblown vegetation is no easy task. But male Anolis lizards on the island of Jamaica have evolved an ideal visual technique. A new study now solves the mystery of why their close relatives on the neighboring island of Puerto Rico do not adopt the same strategy.