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Anole lizard on a pole

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Urban lizards have gene mutations that help them adapt to city life

Anole lizards living in three cities in Puerto Rico have mutations in genes linked to immune function, limb and skin development, which may help them thrive alongside humans

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Illustration of a group of ichthyosaurs

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Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as an ancient nursery

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Union Island gecko

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Critically endangered tiny gecko comes back from the brink

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Turtle artwork

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Gigantic turtle from the dinosaur era was almost 4 metres long

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Artistic reconstruction of the fossil squamate, Bellairsia gracilis

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Fossil shows what lizards’ ancestors looked like 167 million years ago

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Juvenile ornate or painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)

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Vocal communication recorded in 53 animals we thought were silent

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Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth?s history. Image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous erythrosuchid (close relative to crocodiles and dinosaurs) and a tiny gliding reptile at about 240 million years ago. The erythrosuchid is chasing the gliding reptile and it is propelling itself using a fossilized skull of the extinct Dimetrodon (early mammalian ancestor) in a hot and dry river valley. Image created by Henry Sharpe.

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Reptile boom 250 million years ago may have been due to global warming

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200 million year old deposits of the precursor of the Mediterranean Sea have been preserved in the Swiss High Alps. Whale-sized ichthyosaurs came from the open sea only occasionally into shallower water.

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Ichthyosaur tooth from the Swiss Alps is largest ever discovered

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DRX16P A Pig-Nosed Turtle swims in the Atlanta Aquarium.

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Over a fifth of reptile species are at risk of extinction

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