WasteOfTheDay: Harvard Blew $75K to Hit Lizards with Leaf Blowers

In 2020, National Science Foundation funded a study to examine how well different types of lizards could hang on to trees. They were concerned about increasing frequency of hurricanes and high-speed winds due to climate change – especially their effects on the anole lizard population.

So they decided to test how long anole lizards could hang onto trees in these onerous conditions.