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Fifty years ago, only four Mauritius kestrels remained alive, making the bird the world’s rarest raptor. After a labor-intensive recovery, the species’ numbers are falling again.
islands

The World's Rarest Raptor Hangs On Thanks to an Invasive Species

The Mauritius kestrel benefits from a plant that's harming the island's ecosystem, complicating conservation efforts.
Ryan Truscott July 24, 2023
Some two dozen white tubes sit in front of a triangle lattice wall
Ibiza, Spain

Bibo Park Ibiza Botánico Biotecnológico

This Ibiza botanical garden showcases some wild machines that run on plants, literally.
A rare hello!
animals

California’s Elusive Urban Lizards Can’t Hide From Citizen Scientists

Researchers mined crowdsourced photos to figure out how city life suits the southern alligator lizard.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 12, 2021
Even in hurricane-force winds, the anole manages to hang on.
islands

Lizards Are Evolving in Response to Fierce Hurricane Seasons

They need to get a grip.
Isaac Schultz April 30, 2020
The cryptic chameleon, <em>Calumma crypticum</em>, has a past full of mystery.
bones

A Fossilized Skull May Solve the Mystery of a Chameleon Migration

A raft very likely carried chameleons between Madagascar and mainland Africa—but in which direction?
Sabrina Imbler February 18, 2020
A stunned iguana photographed on Virginia Key, a barrier island off the coast of Miami.
weather

Unseasonably Cold Weather Littered South Florida With Stunned Iguanas

The weather forecast warned it would be raining reptiles.
Lauren Aratani January 23, 2020
Blue anoles on Gorgona Island.
Guapi, Colombia

Blue Anoles of Gorgona Island

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.
A Nicholls' toadlet, barely an inch long.
industrial

Biologists Relocated 30,000 Animals to Make Room for a Natural Gas Plant

It took seven years to evacuate all the goannas, echidnas, and venomous snakes.
Sabrina Imbler August 15, 2019
A Chinese water dragon at Kew Gardens.
London, England

Water Dragons of Kew Gardens

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
The Komodo dragon diorama.
New York, New York

Komodo Dragon Diorama

Here be dragons.
Hello to you, worm lizard.
deserts

The Goofy Worm Lizard That Beats the Heat by Never Coming to the Surface

It has claws like a mole, eyes that look like poppy seeds, and a great strategy for evading predators and filling up on prey.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 22, 2019
Video • Object of Intrigue

Unboxing the World’s Largest Lizard

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