How madagascar’s lizards became the island’s last hope for reforestation

ScienceDaily
Jun 10, 2025, 12:40 am89 pts
After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often dismissed in studies of seed dispersal, lizards in Madagascar have proven to be vital agents of endozoochory, consuming…

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