Lizards' Camouflage Reveals Evolution in Action

[jojackson]

In White Sands, N.M., two species of traditionally brown lizards have evolved white scales in order to blend in with their environment......

http://news.discovery.com/animals/lizards-adaptation-evolution-speciation.html

Brown lizards in New Mexico's White Sands have evolved bleached skin to adapt to their environment.
Erica Bree Rosenblum/University of Idaho

 

[thealissa]

It's so awesome to see how things work out by themselves.