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Male tuatara are desperate, and may soon be dateless (7/3/2008)

Male tuatara are desperate, and may soon be datelessA new study has predicted that temperature increases due to climate change will cause the tuatara, an endangered reptile, to produce only male offspring by 2085, guaranteeing its extinction. ...> Full Article


Lizards pull a wheelie (6/15/2008)

Why bother running on hind legs when the four you've been given work perfectly well? ...> Full Article



New species discovered in Brazil (4/30/2008)

New species discovered in BrazilLegless lizard and tiny woodpecker among new species ...> Full Article


Variety is the spice of life: too many males, too little time… (4/25/2008)

Female Australian painted dragon lizards are polyandrous, that is, they mate with as many males as they can safely get access to. ...> Full Article


Lizard hunting styles impact ability to walk, run (4/21/2008)

Lizard hunting styles impact ability to walk, runForaging sheds light on evolution of biomechanics ...> Full Article


Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home (4/19/2008)

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New HomeResearchers has shown that introducing small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo rapid and large-scale evolutionary changes. ...> Full Article


Chameleons' remarkable ability to change colour reveals they are show-offs rather than shrinking violets (2/9/2008)

Chameleons' remarkable ability to change colour reveals they are show-offs rather than shrinking violetsThe image of the chameleon as a shy creature, using camouflage to conceal themselves has been challenged by new research showing that colour change evolved to attract the attention of other chameleons. ...> Full Article


Conspicuous Social Signaling Drives Evolution Of Chameleon Color Change (2/2/2008)

Conspicuous Social Signaling Drives Evolution Of Chameleon Color ChangeWhat drove the evolution of color change in chameleons? Chameleons can use color change to camouflage and to signal to other chameleons, but a new paper shows that the need to rapidly signal to other chameleons, and not the need to camouflage from predators, has driven the evolution of this characteristic trait. ...> Full Article


Scientists look at those in evolutionary race who don' make it 'out of the gate' (1/24/2008)

Scientists look at those in evolutionary race who don' make it 'out of the gate'In the race of evolution, scientists until now have only looked at winners and losers. Now, they've come up with a way to look at the contenders who never made it out of the gate. ...> Full Article

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