The Lizard Scientists: Studying Evolution in Action (Scientists in the Field)

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Author) Neil Losin (Illustrator)

The Lizard Scientists: Studying Evolution in Action (Scientists in the Field)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

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.

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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780358381402
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
December 13, 2022
Series
Scientists in the Field
BISAC categories
JNF003190 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Reptiles & Amphibians
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF038050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
Library of Congress categories
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