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The team behind Colossal, the firm that wants to bring back the woolly mammoth (Photo by John Davidson)…

From Indian leopards to New England deer, wild animals live in cities and suburbs, and protecting them - and humans - means not viewing them as things to be managed Human-induced pressures on the environment, such as climate…

As we age and advance technologically, we see the consequences of that progress in nature like never before. After seeing the phenomenon of lizards,…

Schmitz has been involved in the process of excavating this fossil since 2003. (Courtesy of Martin Sander) Deep in desert Fossil Hill, Nevada, Lars Schmitz was part of a team that discovered a gigantic new species of marine ichthyosaur -…

Land tenure categories across Australia. The size of the circle represents the percentage covered by each land…

Over the past decade, the protected area for nature in Australia has increased by nearly half. Our national reserve system now covers 20 percent of the country. This is a positive step for the thousands of species on the brink of…

CC BY"width="800" height="530"/> Predictions indicate that the Madagascar frog Mantella aurantiaca is likely to decline dramatically by…

Phasing out animal agriculture around the world, combined with a global shift to plant-based diets, would effectively halt the rise of atmospheric greenhouse gases for 30 years and give humanity more time to end its addiction to fossil…

CAMBRIDGE, England — An incredibly rare new species of insect known as the 'leafhopper' has been discovered in Africa in what experts call a 'once in a lifetime achievement'. The insect was discovered in the rainforest of Kibale National…

MIAMI— The Center for Biological Diversity for follow-up the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for a Trump administration decision to deny the Cedar Key mole skink protection under the Endangered Species Act.The agency…

Bans on international trade in endangered species generally help mammals improve their status but hurt reptiles, according to a major economic study conducted by Emory University. Scientists progress published research on the impact of…

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers assessed the impact of biodiversity loss in birds and mammals on the chances of plants adapting to human-induced global warming. More than half of plant species depend on animals to…

From fur to scaly, there is just something about animals that piques our human interest. Whether it's cute faces, heartwarming stories, or a twisted combination of our biggest fears, animals have been on our minds this year.Here is a sample…

A new, extinct reptile species has shed light on how our earliest ancestors became top predators by changing their teeth in response to environmental instability around 300 million years ago. In conclusions published in Royal Society Open…

Credit: Dr Suresh Singh A recently discovered extinct species of reptile has shed light on…

Max undergoes surgery.The beak is extremely important to birds, allowing them to hold objects and feed. One can easily imagine the problems experienced by a blue and gold macaw named Max, when its beak was ripped off after two fights…

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) describes their red list as “the world's most comprehensive source of information on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungal and plant species”. IUCN has several…

Herpetologist Craig Pelke has been beaming like a proud new father for about a month now, since the first of…

Among my friends and family, I am known as the lover of strange snakes.Because of this, every few weeks or so I get a text message with a grainy photo of a snake in a garden or near a local stream and a version of the message "Let live or…

The Australian Reptile Park is celebrating an Australian first this week, with the female Komodo dragon (Daenerys) laying 15 eggs. Komodo dragons are the largest living lizard species. With a poisonous bite from a potentially…

McKITTRICK, California.- The Center for Biological Diversity today formally called on the California Fish and Game Commission to protect the legless Temblor lizard under the state's Endangered Species Act.The Temblor legless lizard is a…

WASHINGTON - The Center for Biological Diversity today filed two official notices of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service for denying or delaying Endangered Species Act protections for 10 species.An opinion accuses the Service of…

Despite their ability to withstand high temperatures in their environment, reptiles depend on access to specific thermal environments to optimize various bodily functions. These include metabolism - the conversion of food into energy -…

It was only 6:45 am, noted photographer Joel Sartore, and yet his clothes were soaked to the skin, like "I had been thrown into a swimming pool."On that muggy September morning, he was lying on the floor of a farmyard, photographing…

The University of Nevada, Reno recently welcomed Assistant Professor Andrew Hess to the Department of Agricultural, Veterinary and Range Sciences. Hess will focus its research on innovation in breeding and genetics using university herds.…

Reptiles probably don't come to mind when you think of species that may be affected by rising global temperatures. After all, as they are often found in hot environments, they are able to withstand high temperatures and can reduce…

Reptiles probably don't come to mind when you think of the species that may be affected by rising global temperatures. After all, as they are often found in hot environments, they are able to withstand high temperatures and can reduce…

In / A new study, biologists have ended a century-old debate by confirming that just one species of frog, out of more than 7,000 living today, has real teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca…

It has been over 100 years since a living mountain skink, Proscelotes aenea, was last spotted. Since then, it has not been clear whether the lizard was extinct or just very good at hiding. But, thanks to a combination of fieldwork…

BILLINGS, Mont. - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced plans to reverse two environmental rollbacks under former President Donald Trump that limited habitat protection for endangered plants and wildlife.The proposal to…

Humans are shaping environments at an accelerating rate. Indeed, one of the most important current research topics is the ability of animals to adapt to human-induced environmental changes and how this change affects the expression of…

Much of the Amazon's biodiversity is under fire - literally. Over the past two decades, deforestation and forest the fires have encroached on the range of thousands of plant and animal species in the Amazon rainforest, including up…

The Lepidosaurus fossil was not just any Lepidosaurus, but the first member of this group that evolved apart from the rest. This places him at the top of that lineage and provides key evidence of how lizards first evolved from more…

The Central Zoo Authority has authorized the Jamnagar de Reliance Zoo in Gujarat to import several endangered, vulnerable and near threatened animals from Mexico, according to information obtained under the RTI Act.The authorization, given…

As much as 16% of the coral species, which were previously common, have not been seen around the island for many years.The Australian Federal Government has opposite a recommendation by a United Nations body that the Great Barrier Reef is…

Credit: Michael Emslie The federal government opposed a recommendation by a United Nations…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A small fish native to Southern California streams and a legless lizard swimming in the sand will be investigated to determine if they are eligible for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, a conservation…

LOS ANGELES - A small fish native to Southern California streams and a legless lizard swimming in the sand will be studied to determine if they are eligible for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, a group of researchers…

McKITTRICK, California.- In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announcement today that the Temblor legless lizard may qualify for protection under the…

Much of the incredible diversity of life on Earth remains to be discovered and documented. In some groups of organisms - terrestrial arthropods such as spiders and scorpions, marine invertebrates such as sponges and mollusks, and…

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida- The Center for Biological Diversity and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have reached a agreement today, that requires the Service to make endangered species decisions for eight rare species of skink - a type of…

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McKITTRICK, California. October 20, 2020 - The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition today to protect the legless Temblor lizard under the Endangered Species Act. The lizard is a rare sand-swimming reptile that…

An international team of researchers has discovered a new species of the genus lizard Abronia living in the forests of western Chiapas, Mexico. Abronia morenica on a tree branch. Image credit: Adam Clause. Abronia is a large genus of…

In the evolutionary tree of life, the New Zealand lizard-like tuatara is on a branch all to itself.In the days of the dinosaurs, this amazing animal had many relatives all over the world, and yet now there is nothing else like it on Earth.…

In an important find, a team of researchers came across two species of lizards in northern Kerala, one of which has been documented in a hilly area prone to persistent illegal mining. The finding underscores the importance of protecting…

By TODD McLEISH / ecoRI News contributorThe Rhode Island herpetological community is overflowing with excitement to discover the first confirmed lizard sighting in the state. A five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) of uncertain origin…

Faced with competition from an invasive species, a type of Florida lizard took just 20 generations - about 15 years - to develop feet better suited for climbing trees, according to a new study. Biologists have long believed that evolution…