A new study of the first ever snake fossil with legs suggests that snakes evolved on land rather than in the ocean, as previously thought.
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While it’s tempting to dismiss conspiracy theorists as nothing more than a loopy minority, on a growing range of contemporary issues they in fact make up a loud and vocal majority. Consider the nearly…
Invasive species colonize and spread widely in places where they are not normally found. Invasives often affect native species by eating them, out-competing them and introducing unfamiliar parasites and…
The sex and personality of lizards can influence their learning ability, new research shows. Spatial learning in male and…
Woodlands in the Australian subtropics could quickly become havens for native lizards if cleared areas are left to regrow…
It seems that not only mammals and birds are shaped by social interactions, with young chameleons showing their social development…
Humans have been fascinated by the colour-changing abilities of chameleons for a long time. Aristotle himself, the forefather of Western philosophy and also a keen zoologist, mentioned the lizard’s ability…
An observational study has found the Asian long-tailed skink (Eutropis longicaudata) will aggressively defend its eggs from…
Mark Twain reputedly said it wasn’t what he didn’t know that bothered him, but what he knew that wasn’t true. A recent contribution on dinosaur physiology in Nature, by palaeontologist Meike Köhler and…
Larger animals with longer legs aren’t always the fastest when sprinting, but then neither are smaller animals. Researchers…
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