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Legless Lizards’ Lives
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013California Legless Lizards
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
Four new species of colorful legless lizards are described today.
Not So Bird-Brained
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
Archaeopteryx’s brain may be further evidence of its not-so-special place between dinosaurs and birds.
Housework Kills!
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
In Spanish and English. Housework makes female Komodo dragons’ lives shorter…
Super Herps!
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Two new studies shed light on the sheer awesomeness of lizards and newts.
Research in Myanmar
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Academy researcher Jens Vindum explains his work in Myanmar.
Reptiles First to Land
Friday, July 30th, 2010
318 million-year-old footprints confirm that reptiles were the first inland vertebrates.
Reptile Decline
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Two recent studies are finding that lizard and snake populations are in decline and one of the causes appears to be climate change.
Warm-Blooded Reptiles?
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Unlike modern-day reptiles, some of the giant reptiles from the Mesozoic era could have been warm-blooded.
Surfing Crocs
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Researchers have discovered that estuarine crocodiles surf their way between islands in the South Pacific.
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