More than four decades after conservationists first identified the species' need for federal protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed federal listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard, which lives in the oil-rich Permian Basin, has been listed as endangered after a decades-long effort. (Ryan Hagerty/Usfws, Ryan Hagerty/Usfws) Subscribe to The Y’all — a ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The dunes sagebrush lizard was recently added to the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, preventing it and its habitat from destruction. However, the ...

A U.S Fish and Wildlife proposal to add the dunes sagebrush lizard to the endangered species list has been extended for the second time in just over a decade as oil and gas interests push back on ...

A tiny lizard has become the scourge of the Texas oil industry. May 31, 2011— -- The sand dune lizard is a small reptile that has become the scourge of the Texas Oil industry, not because it is ...

"By examining thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms distributed across the genomes, we will be able to tell once and for all if Dixon's whiptail is a different species," said Corey Roelke, a ...

On September 30, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld (PDF) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) decision to withdraw (PDF) its proposal to list the dunes ...

Lizards have special superpowers. Birds and mammals can regenerate skin and feathers and evolved from the same ancestor as lizards, which can regenerate entire structures such as their tails.

Lizards are often seen on walls, in gardens, or resting on sunlit rocks along trails. They usually go unnoticed, blending quietly into everyday surroundings. Found across India, these reptiles have ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard, which lives in the oil-rich Permian Basin, has been listed as endangered after a decades-long effort. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows ...

An extremely rare, possibly endangered lizard could be living in the Chinati Mountains of West Texas. Biologists from the ...