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What mice and crayfish can teach us about evolution

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (629+ words) Deep in a cave in the Missouri Ozarks, a ghostly crustacean blindly grasps for food in total darkness. Illuminated by a flashlight, the Bristly Cave crayfish shines white and nearly translucent. Cut off from sunlight for thousands of generations, cave…...

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source.washu.edu > 2025 > 10 > pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-luck-and-pluck-of-three-legged-lizards

‘Pirates’ of the Caribbean: The luck and pluck of three-legged lizards

9+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (650+ words) Chance encounter inspired team of biologists to study lizards with missing, reduced limbs More than 20 years ago, Jonathan Losos was in the Bahamas pursuing one of his favorite pastimes — catching and measuring anole lizards — when he spotted a familiar reptilian…...