A quartet of researchers, two from the U.S. and two from Mexico, found evidence that suggests divergence time between ancestral parents can be used to predict the effects of hybridization—at least in ...

Canadian company Almadex announced in late June that “certain factors” had prompted it to abandon the Hidalgo County gold mining effort.

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A long, slender lizard moved among trees in a pinyon-juniper woodland on the Colorado Plateau, searching the accumulated debris beneath the trees for grubs, spiders, beetles or any other insects. It ...

Scientists better understand how and why hybridization leads to diverse evolutionary outcomes – such as increased genetic diversity in a species, versus creation of a species that’s wholly new – ...

The Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) is one of 11 species of “racerunners” that live in Texas, and it arguably has the largest area of distribution. It can be observed statewide, ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Out in western Texas, there's an extremely rare lizard called the Dixon's whiptail. The fast-moving reptile – which measures about 8 to 12 inches in length and is gray in color with ...

Quite often, while walking in open space around Boulder, my slow advance triggers the explosions of grasshoppers frantic to escape, and it makes me wonder about what danger they are attempting to ...

In White Sands, N.M., two species of traditionally brown lizards have evolved white scales in order to blend in with their environment. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...