According to life history theory, animals evolve life histories to match their environments, determining details such as age at first reproduction and number of offspring.

The animals evolve personalities depending on how the user treats (or mistreats) them.

Because of this importance, scientists have declared it to be a biological reserve, and study its unique species to better understand how plants and animals evolve.

Scientists studying how animals evolve use many animal species to see how variations in where and how an organism lives (their niche) produce adaptations in their physiology and morphology.