The iguanid lizard Platynotus semitaeniatus is adapted morphologically and behaviorally to utilize rock crevices to escape predation. Attendant reproductive adaptations reveal an adaptive compromise ...

Spanish scientists learned that warmer conditions scramble the DNA inheritance patterns in lizards that live in Madagascar and Australia, which makes it harder for these animals to pass healthy genes ...

The University of Texas at Arlington team will use her tissue to study her genome and, hopefully, prove once and for all that the Dixon’s whiptail is its own species. The team members believe the ...

Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found. The Puerto Rican crested anole, a brown lizard with ...

For the rose-bellied lizard of Mexico and Southern Texas, not all body parts are created equal. In some male lizards, the left testis has evolved to fill with melanin, so it becomes darker than the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The evolution of reproductive strategies depends on local environmental conditions. When environments are seasonal, selection favors ...

A team led by biologists at The University of Texas at Arlington has published a study supporting the theory that species that reproduce asexually have more harmful genetic mutations than those ...