One Iguana, Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution

Natural selection and speciation are all but ignored in children's nonfiction. To address this glaring deficiency, award—winning children's science writer Sneed Collard traveled to the Galapagos Islands to witness the animals that led to Charles Darwin's groundbreaking discovery. The result is a fascinating tale of two iguanas, one land—based and one marine, that evolved from a single ancestor millions of years ago.