News tagged with green lizard

First lizard genome sequenced

(PhysOrg.com) -- The green anole lizard is an agile and active creature, and so are elements of its genome. This genomic agility and other new clues have emerged from the full sequencing of the lizard's genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

When did the feather take flight?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some 125 million years ago--more recently than once thought possible -- the molecular structure of the modern feather began to take form, according to molecular dating research by scientists ...

Biology / Evolution

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A new parasite has been discovered in black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula

An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula. This involves the first recording of the O ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0