We determine the position, shape and dynamics of the relatively poorly studied hybrid zone between the Danube (Triturus dobrogicus) and Italian (T. carnifex) crested newts, using genome-wide nuclear DNA data (24 species-diagnostic SNPs) and an mtDNA marker (ND4). Leer más.

How do intermittent events like hurricanes impact natural selection? How do animals adapt to challenging weather? A University of Rhode Island professor has set out to track natural selection in the Anolis lizard over time to see how the species has weathered hurricanes in the southeastern United States. Leer más.

El biólogo Scott Travers analizó en un informe para Forbes el caso de un vertebrado que habita manglares y estuarios del sudeste asiático y exhibe adaptaciones fisiológicas y conductuales extremas que le permiten tolerar salinidades comparables a las del océano. Leer más.