A long, slender lizard moved among trees in a pinyon-juniper woodland on the Colorado Plateau, searching the accumulated debris beneath the trees for grubs, spiders, beetles or any other insects. It ...
The lizard is surrounded. She darts beneath a spiky shrub, a towering figure in a wide-brimmed hat looming over her. Corey Roelke shouts for someone to put down another glue trap. Edita Folfas swiftly ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Out in western Texas, there's an extremely rare lizard called the Dixon's whiptail. The fast-moving reptile – which measures about 8 to 12 inches in length and is gray in color with ...
Baits of small sponges soaked with tomato juice were offered to free-ranging whiptail lizards, Cnemidophorus arubensis, on Aruba and C. murinus on Bonaire, both in the Netherlands Antilles. Some baits ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Signal divergence and sensory preferences may lead to sexual isolation and eventually promote speciation between animal populations. However, ...
Scientists better understand how and why hybridization leads to diverse evolutionary outcomes – such as increased genetic diversity in a species, versus creation of a species that’s wholly new – ...
A rare lizard species in Colorado reacts to stress-inducing loud noises by eating, a study found. Researchers studied the Colorado checkered whiptail, an all-female lizard species, in 2021. Noise ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Even though there are headaches that might come with the hotter weather (weeds, allergies) some cool things are happening in your front and back yards as well. This is the ...
In White Sands, N.M., two species of traditionally brown lizards have evolved white scales in order to blend in with their environment. By studying the genetic mechanisms at work in this adaptation, ...
While many organisms featured in this column can observed statewide, others only occur in small pockets of appropriate habitat throughout the state. However, there is one species of whiptail that's ...
Quite often, while walking in open space around Boulder, my slow advance triggers the explosions of grasshoppers frantic to escape, and it makes me wonder about what danger they are attempting to ...
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