The lizard is surrounded. She darts beneath a spiky shrub, a towering figure in a wide-brimmed hat looming over her. Corey Roelke shouts for someone to put down another glue trap. Edita Folfas swiftly ...

is a freelance science journalist, podcast host, comics artist, and TV host. This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written ...

Scientists better understand how and why hybridization leads to diverse evolutionary outcomes – such as increased genetic diversity in a species, versus creation of a species that’s wholly new – ...