Thursday, January 29, 2009

Evolution In Action: Native U.S. Lizards Are Adapting To Escape Attacks By Fire Ants

ScienceDaily -- Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors that enable them to escape from the ants, as well as by developing longer hind legs, which can increase the effectiveness of this behavior.

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