Reptiles
Reptiles
Articles tagged with "Reptiles"
This grumpy-faced lizard is under threat. Can its adorableness help save it?
Out-of-state visitors may not know what they’re looking at, but fans of Texas Christian University (TCU) get fired up when SuperFrog runs onto the football field.
Tiny Caribbean island brings hope for critically endangered iguana
Over the past decade, Prickly Pear East, a small, privately owned island in the Caribbean, has become a beacon of hope for a critically endangered lizard. The islet, near the main island of Anguilla,
This lizard can tolerate extreme levels of lead
Cuban brown anoles have the highest blood lead levels of any vertebrate known — three times that of the previous record holder, the Nile crocodile.
These lizards can survive (and thrive) on a lethal dose of lead
Small lizards in New Orleans have an “unprecedented” tolerance for the toxic heavy metal. How are they even alive?
Some iguanas may have rafted across the Pacific 30 million years ago
The iguanas' epic 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of Earth’s circumference — may be the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.
Seed-sized chameleon found in Madagascar may be world's tiniest reptile
Male nano-chameleon, named Brookesia nana, has body only 13.5mm long
This grumpy-faced lizard is under threat. Can its adorableness help save it?
Out-of-state visitors may not know what they’re looking at, but fans of Texas Christian University (TCU) get fired up when SuperFrog runs onto the football field.
Tiny Caribbean island brings hope for critically endangered iguana
Over the past decade, Prickly Pear East, a small, privately owned island in the Caribbean, has become a beacon of hope for a critically endangered lizard. The islet, near the main island of Anguilla,
This lizard can tolerate extreme levels of lead
Cuban brown anoles have the highest blood lead levels of any vertebrate known — three times that of the previous record holder, the Nile crocodile.
These lizards can survive (and thrive) on a lethal dose of lead
Small lizards in New Orleans have an “unprecedented” tolerance for the toxic heavy metal. How are they even alive?
Some iguanas may have rafted across the Pacific 30 million years ago
The iguanas' epic 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of Earth’s circumference — may be the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.
Seed-sized chameleon found in Madagascar may be world's tiniest reptile
Male nano-chameleon, named Brookesia nana, has body only 13.5mm long
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