February 2021

Critics like to stress that good novels understand the passage of time and therefore know how to manipulate the reader's perception of it. Let me offer you a corollary: good graphic novels understand space…

Florida restricts the possession and private breeding of certain exotic animals, including Burmese pythons, green iguanas and tegu lizards, citing concerns about invasive species invading the state. This decision is met with strong…

A new species of extinct skink that lived in the Oligocene era has been identified from fossilized remains found in South Australia. The swamp skink (Lissolepis coventryi), which is probably the most similar living lizard to Proegernia…

Scientists have discovered a whole new species of chameleon in a patch of rainforest in northern Madagascar. This so-called nano-chameleon is about the size of a sunflower seed, fits on the tip of a finger, and is possibly the smallest…