News tagged with sand lizards
Birds with a nose for a difference
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Avoidance of inbreeding is evident amongst humans, and has been demonstrated in some shorebirds, mice and sand lizards. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology now report that it also occurs ...
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Limb loss in lizards -- evidence for rapid evolution
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Nov 11, 2008 |
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Small skink lizards, Lerista, demonstrate extensive changes in body shape over geologically brief periods. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that several species of th ...
Native Lizards Evolve to Escape Attacks by Fire Ants
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks ...
Ladyboy lizards use transvestite trickery: researchers
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, researchers have found.
Researcher works on gender, temperature link in reptiles
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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An Iowa State University researcher who spent four years in Australia studying reptiles is having his findings published in the journal Nature this week.
Tree lizard’s quick release escape system makes jumpers turn somersaults
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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If you've ever tried capturing a lizard, you'll know how difficult it is. But if you do manage to corner one, many have the ultimate emergency quick release system for escape. They simply drop their tails, leaving the twitching ...
Hawaii planning to replenish sand at Waikiki Beach
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hawaii officials are appealing to the state's tourism authority for funds to restore part of world-famous Waikiki Beach.
A new parasite has been discovered in black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula
Apr 03, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula. This involves the first recording of the O ...
Hydrophobic Sand Could Combat Desert Water Shortages
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Water scarcity is a major problem for people living in desert areas, including much of the Middle East and Africa. According to the United Nations, more than 1.6 million people die every year ...
What science says about beach sand and stomach aches
Aug 11, 2009 |
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By washing your hands after digging in beach sand, you could greatly reduce your risk of ingesting bacteria that could make you sick. In new research, scientists have determined that, although beach sand is a potential source ...
Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Armed with eyelash glue, a walking stick and a faithful horse, University of Alberta researcher Krista Fink is hoping to help Canada's most northern lizard get off the species-at-risk list.
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