Japanese customs officers at Haneda Airport made a stomach-turning discovery inside one traveler's suitcase, uncovering a smuggling operation that revealed just how far some will go to cash in on the ...
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Hurricanes changed island lizards in 2017; researchers traced their shorter toes to a candidate gene
When Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the Turks and Caicos in September 2017, they subjected populations of Silver Key anoles ...
Australian researchers have discovered that sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosus) can recognize the smell of smoke as a sign of approaching fire and attempt to escape, but they do not respond to the sound ...
Southern California’s alligator lizards eat the arachnids with abandon, and seem to have evolved immunity to their toxins. The western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) may spin a disorderly ...
Lizards do push ups to communicate, not to exercise or regulate temperature. Male lizards do push ups to display dominance, defend territory and attract mates. Female lizards may do push ups to defend ...
Fascinating footage by Jayanta Guha captures an extraordinary mating encounter between two large monitor lizards in a river. At first glance, the reptiles appear to be locked in an intense wrestling ...
New Zealand’s land animals are not well protected when land is developed for new uses. Recent and proposed policy changes risk putting many species at further risk, and native lizards are particularly ...
Today's living night lizards—like Xantusia vigilis (pictured)—are descendants of a common ancestor that lived roughly 90 million years ago, well before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth 66 million ...
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