The rise of a new species of finch has been observed on a Galapagos island:
A population of finches on the Galapagos has been discovered in the process of becoming a new species.
This is the first example of speciation that scientists have been able to observe directly in the field.
Researchers followed the entire population of finches on a tiny Galapagos island called Daphne Major, for many years, and so they were able to watch the speciation in progress.
The research was published in the journal Science [DOI: 10.1126/science.aao4593] [DX].
Also at BGR and Phys.org (heavy on comments).
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Bot on Sunday November 26 2017, @09:16AM
"The hybrid even appears to have been some sort of a freak accident"
> be bird
> stranded away from home island
> time passes
> no hands so can't fap (that's why birds move always in a nervous way, forget about the BS about evading predators)
> a wild, somewhat familiar, female bird appears!
freak accident, indeed...
Account abandoned.