lizards — Stories from the cafe — Manuela Hoelterhoff

Sep 24

Sep 24 Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Little Lizard

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration, the Department of the Interior, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service – all because of a lizard barely two inches long.

Mar 31

Mar 31 Lizards Are Stress Eating Because of Noise Pollution

Manuela Hoelterhoff & Mike DiPaola

Animal Welfare, Environment

Researchers from the University of Utah have been studying the rare Colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus), in particular how living on a US army base affects the little reptiles. Turns out the lizards stress-eat when they hear loud noises.

Dec 22

Dec 22 Pink Iguana Babies Discovered in the Galapagos

Manuela Hoelterhoff

The Natural World, Nature, Conservation

There are only a few hundred pink iguanas on Earth, and all of them live on the slopes of Wolf Volcano in the Galápagos. Now rangers from the Galápagos Conservancy and national park have spotted nesting sites and hatchlings of this critically endangered species for the first time.

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