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Anole lizard

A little lizard in Puerto Rico is adapting quickly to big-city life

Science

The crested anole is undergoing some remarkable changes — and fast.

Lizards point out how single species can be greatly altered by environment

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Animal Note/Lizard Lounge

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on a lizard species whose promiscuous females hold all the power in the mating game.

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Today’s geography puzzler takes us in search of Komodo dragons.

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