Scientists want help finding these ‘Jesus’ lizards

Researchers in Florida want help finding brown basilisk lizards, are also called "Jesus lizards" because they can sprint across water.

Lourdes Mederos-U. Florida • futurity
Feb. 15, 2023 ~7 min

To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
Feb. 6, 2023 ~6 min


To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
Feb. 6, 2023 ~6 min

Ice Age effects still show up in crocodiles today

“This is one of the first times Ice Age effects have been found in a tropical species," says José Avila-Cervantes.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
Jan. 26, 2023 ~3 min

City lizards sport genomic markers in common

"Understanding how animals adapt to urban environments can help us focus our conservation efforts on the species that need it the most..."

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Jan. 10, 2023 ~7 min

This reptile’s odd chompers clarify life after mass extinction

An extinct reptile's oddly shaped chompers and bones suggest some creatures and plants bounced back quickly after a mass extinction.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Oct. 5, 2022 ~6 min

Fossil skull belonged to ‘cute’ little croc

New research clarifies the life of Trilophosuchus rackhami, a tiny crocodile that lived in Queensland about 13.5 million years ago.

U. Queensland • futurity
Aug. 30, 2022 ~4 min

Climate change drove reptile evolution

Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 29, 2022 ~6 min


Wild turtles age slowly. Some basically don’t age at all

New research finds that turtles in the wild age slowly and have long lifespans, and identifies several species that essentially don't age at all.

Sara LaJeunesse-Penn State • futurity
June 24, 2022 ~8 min

Reptiles: why one in five species face extinction

More than half of all crocodile species are a high priority for conservation according to the assessment.

Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
April 27, 2022 ~7 min

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