Rapid Reptile Evolution
Category: evolution
Scientists discover lizards have undergone remarkable evolutionary changes in only 36 years
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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: evolution
Scientists discover lizards have undergone remarkable evolutionary changes in only 36 years
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Category: gecko
Fascinating BBC footage of geckos coaxing leafhoppers to feed them honeydew. The lizards tap their feet or bob their heads, and the insect dutifully tosses them a bead of delicious tree sap. This definitely qualifies as bizarre zoology....
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Category: Lizard
Have you ever noticed that your friends who make out with giant poisonous lizards never have diabetes? Now we know why! As it turns out, gila monsters, a type of large, carnivorous, poisonous lizard native to the Southern U.S. and...
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Category: Lizard
This month marks Carl Linnaeus' 300th birthday and biology textbooks still look much the way he imagined they should. Linnaeus is the father of the ranking system of classifying the living world. You might remember kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus,...
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Category: art
A Chinese born, Paris-based artist hailed for his groundbreaking work that helped pave the way for a new generation of young artists in China is on the defensive after his most recent installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery. His work...
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Category: bird
In honor of St. Paddy's Day, a tribute to being green.Northland Green Gecko, naultinus grayiiGreen Lynx Spider, peucetia viridansGreen Hermit Hummingbird, phaethornis guy (we think)Green Grasshopper, campylacantha olivacea...
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Category: cat
A new species of clouded leopard was identified today in the jungles of Borneo. In fact, over 400 new species of animals have been discovered in the rain forests of Borneo since 1994.Most of the species shown below were found...
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