“Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found.

The Puerto Rican crested anole, a brown lizard with a bright orange throat fan, has sprouted special scales to better cling to smooth surfaces like walls and windows and grown larger limbs to sprint across open areas, scientists say.”

This is evolution before our eyes! These creepy crawlers have gone soft! I wonder what’s happening to us, I can feel my shoulders sloping in as we speak!

Forest lizards genetically morph to survive life in the city