Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing ...

In the animal kingdom, surviving often means adapting. Animals must, over time, adapt not only to climate changes, habitat ...

Environmentalists sued the federal government in hopes of garnering stronger protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard – an animal reportedly threatened by ongoing oil and gas development in ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard in West Texas Flickr/Mark Watson In 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) made the controversial decision not to list the dunes sagebrush lizard, a three-inch ...

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New Asian grass lizard species discovered in Assam’s Manas Biosphere landscape, highlighting Northeast India’s rich reptile diversity.

Agreements between landowners in the Permian Basin region and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could prevent the dunes sagebrush lizard from being listed for federal protection under the Endangered ...

This is a Dunes Sagebrush lizard. The Trump administration wants to put greater weight on the economic benefits of development when deciding if land or water should be protected for imperiled species.