All Articles Tagged As: reptiles

Leatherback turtles' newly discovered migration route may be roadmap to salvation (7/16/2008)

Researchers can pinpoint the times and places where turtles are at the highest risk ...> Full Article

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

A 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

From the egg, baby crocodiles call to each other and to mom (6/24/2008)

pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers ...> 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

Climate change hastens extinction in Madagascar's reptiles and amphibians (6/13/2008)

New research from the American Museum of Natural History shows animals are moving uphill ...> Full Article

Research uncovers the hidden world of turtles (6/3/2008)

The frog may be the environmental indicator of the land, but researchers reckon when it comes to the sea, we should look to the turtle. ...> Full Article

Scientists announce top 10 new species (5/26/2008)

Each year the IISE announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. The Top 10 new species described in 2007 ...> Full Article

Relocation of endangered Chinese turtle may save species (5/23/2008)

Turtle biologists in the US and China hope to prevent species' extinction ...> Full Article

Florida python invasion expanded and still growing (5/19/2008)

The invasion of gigantic Burmese pythons in South Florida appears to be rapidly expanding ...> Full Article

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

Legless 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)

Foraging sheds light on evolution of biomechanics ...> Full Article

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

Researchers 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

How Gorged Gator Guts Digest Big, Bony Meals (2/11/2008)

New Research on American Alligators' Circulation Systems Finds that Crocodilians Bypass their Lungs to Improve Digestion. ...> Full Article

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

The 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)

What 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)

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