Research has confirmed how early land vertebrates, which evolved from fish, developed weight-bearing limbs and other adaptations long before their feeding systems adjusted to a vegetation-based diet. Now, for the first time, fossil jaw measurements have demonstrated this gap in…
Lizards facing mass extinction
Climate change could lead to dozens of lizard species becoming extinct within the next 50 years, according to new research published this week. Globally it has been observed that lizards with viviparous reproduction (retention of embryos within the mother’s body)…