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Collard, Sneed B., III

One Iguana Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution

40 pp. | Tilbury | December, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88448-649-7 $17.95

(3) 4-6 How Nature Works series. The Galápagos Islands are home to marine iguanas that, like no other iguana species, swim and feed in the ocean. Collard's story of how this came to be is an explanation of island biogeology, evolution, and natural selection in the locale that inspired Darwin. Crisp, detailed photographs of the animals, along with sidebars that provide deeper explanations of evolutionary biology, are included. Reading list. Glos.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford