Category Archives: Education and Anoles

Amazing Research Opportunity for Young Anole Aficionados

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Rich Glor

Are you an undergraduate student with dreams of traveling to the Caribbean to study lizards?  If so, your dream could be realized through the NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program organized by Bob Powell at Avila University.  Now in … Continue reading →

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Anole Theater!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

Tickets available at the Box Office.

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Teaching With Anoles, Part 2 (Fifth Grade Edition)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by mjohnson216

A few days ago, I posted a description of an anole-based project I assign in my college Evolution course, but of course, anoles are fascinating to students of all ages! In this post, I’ll describe materials I developed this summer … Continue reading →

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Teaching With Anoles, Part 1

Posted on August 20, 2011 by mjohnson216

As the summer is ending and a new semester is beginning, your thoughts may have returned to teaching. I try to use a diversity of taxonomic groups in my lectures and labs, but of course, I find anoles to be … Continue reading →

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Anolis Ecomorph Visualization App

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

CAnolis is a freely downloadable visualization app for learning about Caribbean anole evolution, built using the Processing programming language. Its main purpose is to help teachers of evolution explain convergence and adaptive radiation to high school and college students. It … Continue reading →

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