13-12-12 Air flows mostly in a one-way loop(环,圈) through the lungs of monitor lizards -- a breathing method shared by birds, alligators and presumably(大概,推测) dinosaurs, according to a new University of Utah study. The findings -- published online...
13-07-04 For young lizards born into this unpredictable world, their very first meal can be a major life changer. So say researchers who report evidence on July 3 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that this early detail influences how the lizards...
13-06-05 Catching the attention of female lizards in a darkened rainforest amid a blur of windblown vegetation is no easy task. But male Anolis lizards on the island of Jamaica have evolved an ideal visual technique -- very rapid extension and retraction of...
13-05-19 A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming planet. The findings app...
11-07-26 BAR HARBOR Famous for their sluggishness(迟缓,萧条) , turtles have been slow to give up the secrets of their evolution and place on the evolutionary tree. For decades, paleontologists(古生物学者) who study fossils and molecular biologists who s...