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  Lizards Sunbathe for Better Health

  They sun themselves to keep warm and to produce vitamin D.

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  New Spiders and Frogs Discovered in Papua New Guinea

  Expedition in Papua New Guinea finds new species of spiders, frogs and geckoes.

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  How to Eat Ants Without Getting Bitten

  Harvester ants are among the most aggressive and venomous stinging insects known.

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  Lizards' Dance Avoids Deadly Ants

  Longer-limbed lizards can make a quicker escape from pesky fire ants.

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  Evolution in Action: Lizards Losing Limbs

  Some skinks have gone from being five-legged to legless in the blink of an eye in geologic time.

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  Why Do Lizards Do Push-Ups?

  Lizards work out for the same reason a guy at the gym might: as a display of strength.

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  Video - Lizard Push-Ups

  Male Jamaican lizards do push-ups and other territorial displays at dawn and dusk. Credit: Terry J. Ord, Harvard University

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  Creature Sets Record for Living Fast, Dying Young

  chameleon in Madagascar spends most of its life span incubating inside its shell.

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  Huge Flying Reptiles Ate Dinosaurs

  Giant, flying reptiles stalked their prey on land.

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  New Legless Lizard Discovered

  Conservation scientists spot new animal species in Brazil's grasslands.

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  Lazy Lizards Run, Don't Walk

  A lizard's hunting technique influences whether the critter walks or runs.

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  Road Kill: Too Many Frogs Croak

  Dozens of species of frogs and other amphibians end up as road kill, a new study found.

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  Falling Geckos Use Tails to Land on Their Feet

  Geckos use tails to keep balance on vertical surfaces, right themselves in a fall.

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  How to Make Adhesive as Good as a Gecko

  Scientists try to develop a glue based on the gecko's sticky foot.

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  Warming Climate Reverses Sex of Lizards

  High temperatures can reverse the sex of baby dragon lizards, turning males into females.

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  New Species Found in Mysteriously Diverse Jungle

  An expedition into New Guinea turns up a motherlode of new species.

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  Why Do Lizards Lose Their Tails?

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  Water: A Precious, and Wasted, Resource

  A new exhibit features all aspects of water, calls for conservation.

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  Lizard Love Triangles Exposed

  A three-way struggle for sex resembles the game rock-paper-scissors.

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  Tale of Huge Reptiles Fishing While Flying Called False

  Pterosaurs' fishing methods turned out to be different than once thought.