Lizard Species Diverging to Survive (Accessible Preview)

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Channel: Described and Captioned Media Program · 2017 · Education

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Towering gypsum dunes span hundreds of square miles in New Mexico's White Sands National Monument, and hundreds of animal species thrive in this unique ecosystem. The lizards living in White Sands National Monument have attracted biologists from the University of California, Berkeley. The lizards are undergoing adaptation and speciation on an extraordinarily rapid timescale. Part of the “Science Nation” series.

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