Winds of Change: Lizard Adaptations in a World With Wilder Weather | Evolution Earth

Support learning about natural selection through two case studies of rapid adaptation in reptiles. Scientists visit reptile populations on two storm-prone islands to record how adaptations are helping them survive more extreme weather events driven by Earth’s warming oceans.

Discussion questions help students compare evolutionary driving forces and understand adaptations, the drivers of natural selection, and the role of plasticity. Engagement activities give students opportunities to explore and predict other extreme weather-based, cause-and-effect relationships in more depth, and author evidence-based claims about the dynamics within animal populations.