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2:40 video The anole lizards of the Caribbean islands represent a group of about 150 closely related species, most of which evolved within the past 50 million years from a single colonizing species.

Amanda Briody explains how she uses the Gorongosa Interactive Map in her classroom. The interactive map allows students to see where various biomes are located, and to make predictions on the types of biodiversity they support.

Evolution is essential to our curriculum and to scientific literacy. To understand the big picture of biology, students need to understand life in terms of both its history and its future - the changing life forms and ecosystems that have arisen and changed over billions of years, as well as the mechanisms that brought about those changes and are shaping the future of life on Earth.