All Articles Tagged As: reptiles
A team of researchers at has discovered why birds, unlike mammals, lack a tissue that is specialized to generate heat.
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 | New DNA research has questioned previous notions about the evolution of the tuatara. ...> Full Article |
 | An intricate three-way mating struggle first observed in a species of North American lizard has been discovered in a distant relative, the European common lizard. The two species are separated by 5,000 miles and 175 million years of evolution, yet they share behavioral and reproductive details right down to the gaudy colors of the males. ...> Full Article |
A snake's intended prey might affect the type and evolution of toxins in their venom, research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows.
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 | A new study of finger-sized Australian lizards sheds light on one of the most striking yet largely unexplained patterns in nature: Why is it that some groups of animals have evolved into hundreds, even thousands of species, while other groups include only a few? ...> Full Article |
 | The discovery of the first anatomically modern ear in a group of 260 million-year-old fossil reptiles significantly pushes back the date of the origin of an advanced sense of hearing, and suggests the first known adaptations to living in the dark. ...> Full Article |
 | A University of Arkansas researcher examines the physiology of starvation in snakes and finds that they can lower their standard metabolic rate. ...> Full Article |
Scientists at the University of Sheffield, collaborating with colleagues at the Universities of Portsmouth and Reading, have taken a step back in time and provided a new insight into the lifestyle of a prehistoric flying reptile.
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