Darwin's finches offer new glimpse into how species diverge

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 16:07 in Biology & Nature

Some of the latest research on Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Islands shows an unexpected pattern of natural selection that is allowing researchers 'a rare glimpse into what the early stages of speciation might look like,' and emphasising the central role of environmental conditions, according to Jeff Podos, a behavioural ecologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst...

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