{"679317":{"#nid":"679317","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Evolution Witnessed in Real-time as Lizard Species Collide","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eassistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E were conducting a study of Cuban brown anoles (\u003Cem\u003EAnolis sagrei\u003C\/em\u003E) at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida when suddenly, a new species appeared on the scene: the Puerto Rican crested anole (\u003Cem\u003EAnolis cristatellus\u003C\/em\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe subsequent Georgia Tech-led study of the two species and how they adapted to fill different roles, provides some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen two similar species compete for the same resources, like food and territory, they often evolve differences that allow them to coexist,\u201d says Stroud, lead author of the study. \u0022Most of what we know about how animals change in response to this process comes from studying patterns that evolved long ago. This was a rare opportunity where we could watch evolution as it happened.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eassistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E were conducting a study of Cuban brown anoles (\u003Cem\u003EAnolis sagrei\u003C\/em\u003E) at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida when suddenly, a new species appeared on the scene: the Puerto Rican crested anole (\u003Cem\u003EAnolis cristatellus\u003C\/em\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe subsequent Georgia Tech-led study of the two species and how they adapted to fill different roles, provides some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen two similar species compete for the same resources, like food and territory, they often evolve differences that allow them to coexist,\u201d says Stroud, lead author of the study. \u0022Most of what we know about how animals change in response to this process comes from studying patterns that evolved long ago. This was a rare opportunity where we could watch evolution as it happened.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2025-01-08 19:44:10","changed_gmt":"2025-01-08 19:44:10","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"New Atlas","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/biology\/evolution-in-action-lizards-florida\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}