NEW ORLEANS — Chances are you’ve seen brown lizards that run just about everywhere in the city this summer. Their scientific name is the Brown Anole and they’re fairly new residents of Louisiana. “It ...
I know I have written time and time again how funny common names of creatures can be. Sometimes these common names can describe where an animal lives, what time of day it is active or even its ...
NEW ORLEANS — During the summer months of Southeast Louisiana, lizards hiding in bushes can make walking an obstacle course. But some residents have noticed that the common lizards are looking a bit ...
Scientists are eager to figure out why lead doesn't seem to affect brown anoles. Sharp Photography via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 When humans are exposed to lead, they can develop a host of ...
A brown anole crawls along a metal pipe leading under a home in New Orleans. Researchers found that brown anoles get more aggressive as the temperature rises. (Louisiana Illuminator photo) Researchers ...
Like many residents of warm climates, the brown lizards scurrying around New Orleans have a worse temper in extreme heat. According to a new study from Tulane researchers, these invasive brown anoles ...
Researchers are asking Montgomery County residents to be on the lookout for an invasive species of brown lizard driving out its green, less aggressive cousin. Chris McMartin, executive director at the ...
The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and screens and ...
The brown basilisk, a nonnative lizard, is gaining ground across South and Central Florida, and University of Florida IFAS scientists need more data to determine its status and potential impacts. (UF) ...
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