Neat ... evolution in action.

Quoted: Italian wall lizards transplanted to a tiny island near Croatia underwent physical changes in 30 generations that normally take millions of years, experts say.

This is really interesting. It's important in science that we test to see if evidence is related to the hypothesis that we are trying to support. Diversity in the tropics is not indicative of higher speciation.

Quoted: Do more species develop in warm, tropical climates or cooler, temperate areas? It turns out the longtime answer — the tropics — may be wrong.
True, more different types of animals exist there than in places farther from the equator.
But new research suggests that is because tropical species do not die out as readily. Cooler regions have a higher turnover rate, with more species developing but also more becoming extinct.

About damn time.

Quoted: After victory at the polls in November, a moderate majority on the 10-member board in the central U.S. state plans to overturn science standards seen as critical of evolution at a board meeting on Tuesday in Topeka.

New standards would replace those put in place in 2005 by a conservative board majority that challenged the validity of evolution and cited it as incompatible with religious doctrine.