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3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards—never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Years ago, ...
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These 'Pirate Lizards' Thrive With Three Legs

Jonathan Losos, a lizard biologist at Washington University, was catching anole lizards in the Bahamas decades ago when he came across an unusual specimen. “The lizard was nimble,” Losos recalls in a ...
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Is that a SC snake or a lizard without legs? There’s a difference. Here’s how to tell

The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a ...
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3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

(THE CONVERSATION) We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards – never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Years ago, one of us was in the Bahamas chasing a ...
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3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James T. Stroud, Georgia Institute of Technology and Jonathan Losos, Washington ...