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Whiptail lizards are a fairly ordinary-looking bunch, but some species are among the strangest animals around. You might not be able to work out why at first glance, but looking at their genes soon ...

This article was written by Discover'sAndrew Moseman. Sure, creatures that reproduce asexually get to avoid some of the hangups that come with sex, but the strategy brings its own problems. First and ...

A rare lizard species in Colorado reacts to stress-inducing loud noises by eating, a study found. Researchers studied the Colorado checkered whiptail, an all-female lizard species, in 2021. Noise ...

Researchers have bred a new species of all-female lizard, mimicking a process that has happened naturally in the past but has never been directly observed. “It’s recreating the events that lead to new ...