Rapidly evolving species more likely to go extinct, study suggests
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that fast evolution can lead to nowhere.
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Study resolves reptilian family tree
A new study has helped settle the controversial relationships among the major groups of lizards and snakes, and it sheds light on the origins of a group of giant fossil lizards.
Archaeology
Apr 6, 2015
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Evolutionary origin of the turtle shell
Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings, reported on May 30 in Current Biology, help to fill a ...
Evolution
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Slow-motion film reveals what happens when lizards drop their tails
Timothy Higham, an assistant professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside, will be featured in the program “Animal Superpowers: Extreme Survivors” on the National Geographic Wild Channel, 8 p.m., ...
Plants & Animals
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Rattlesnake venom: Mild, medium and wicked hot
In a surprising evolutionary twist, a new study suggests that while one rattlesnake may routinely feast on lizard meat, its seemingly identical neighbor snake might strike and strike and never kill its would-be reptilian ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2019
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How the lizard tail can remain intact normally but break off when needed
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the United Arab Emirates and the U.S. has discovered the mechanism that allows lizards to maintain a tail during normal activities and then to release it when ...
Lizard species found to reduce head bobbing mating ritual when predators are around
(Phys.org) —A team made up of researchers from several universities in the U.S. has found that male brown anoles (Anolis sagrei)—a type of lizard, dramatically reduced its head bobbing mating dance when predators were ...
Video: Camera traps show what lies within Myanmar's lowland forests
Monitor lizard, Malayan porcupine, Indochinese tiger, Malayan tapir, great argus pheasant, sun bear and gaur. No, this isn't the answer to the question "what are your seven favorite forest-dwelling animals?" Instead, these ...
Plants & Animals
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Fossil remains of an Old World lizard discovered in the New World overturn long-held hypothesis of lizard evolution
University of Alberta paleontologists have discovered a new species of lizard, named Gueragama sulamericana, in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Oeste in Southern Brazil in the rock outcrops of a Late Cretaceous desert, dated ...
Archaeology
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Wind farm 'predator' effect hits ecosystems: study
Wind farms act as a top "predator" in some ecosystems, harming birds at the top of the food chain and triggering a knock-on effect overlooked by green energy advocates, scientists said Monday.
Ecology
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