Size isn't the only feature that makes some lizard species stand out. Members of theDracogenus are often called "flyingdragons" because they glide from tree to tree in Southeast Asia using a thin membrane that
Lizards are fascinating creatures, with many species having suction cups on their feet that enable them to climb with ease. The Gecko is the fastest climber among all lizards, and some species can even run upside down and backwards at remarkable speeds. This unique ability to move in different...
The study, funded by the National Science Foundation and detailed in the April 1 issue of theJournal of Experimental Biology, sheds light on adaptations that have evolved inlizardsas they change their food-snagging techniques. All lizards have the ability to run, particularly to evadepredators. An...
such as in Alabama, have adapted to exploit fire ants as a novel food resource, as our results suggest, then this may have significant cascading effects on that ecosystem’s food web. The voracious predatory behavior of fire ants has been broadly demonstrated; they can effectively prey on high...
Despite numerous studies on individual recognition having been carried out on lizards, a clear demonstration that lizards are able to identify conspecifics
Besides providing money to upgrade the fire engines that must traverse the mammoth state and wind along serpentine canyon roads, the state has invested in better command-and-control facilities as well as in the strategies to run them. ‘In the fire sieges of earlier years, we found that other...
Heavily armoured species are bulky, have short legs and run more slowly than less armoured species. Rather than constituting an alternative to behavioural antipredator tactics, we conclude that the possession of armour is part of an antipredator syndrome that includes habitat use and behaviour as ...
“Evolution can and does happen — it’s this ongoing process, but it doesn’t necessarily mean things are constantly changing in the long run,” Stroud said. “Now we know that even if animals appear to be staying the same, evolution is still happening.” ...
Overall, our results show that runners and climbers have the same cost of transport on level terrain, although climbers run at a slower speed. Contrary to our hypothesis, the cost of transport is not higher in the climbers running on a level surface. Nevertheless, it is possible that the lo...
But lizards collected at sites that had been invaded by the ants were more proactive in their defense. "They do this big body shimmy, or a body twitch, where they shake their body to fling the ants off them, and then they run away from the mound," Langkilde told LiveScience. While ...