A genetically distinct population of Yarrow's spiny lizard in Arizona's Mule Mountains is facing local extinction due to climate change. Conservationists have petitioned to list the lizard as a ...

Egyptian uromastyx, also called Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, Egyptian mastigure, or Dhub, is a kind of lizard with many names. Its scientific name is Uromastyx aegyptia. It’s mostly found in the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to safeguard the Mule Mountains population of the Yarrow’s spiny lizard under the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This tiny, spiny lizard has a shocking secret. Scientists have finally uncovered exactly how and why its bizarre strategy works so ...

Climate change is causing extinctions at an increasing rate, a new study by the University of Arizona researchers shows. They surveyed populations of the Yarrow's spiny lizard in 18 mountain ranges in ...

The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led researchers to record the first known instance of a spotted ...