A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing its extinction, triggering concerns that landowners and industries in ...

On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The listing does not include a designation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing ...

The tiny dunes sagebrush lizard may blend in with the mounds of sand peppering the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, but its recently approved status as an endangered species has ...

A lizard species native to southeast New Mexico was the subject of a lawsuit filed last week against the federal government which the plaintiffs contended failed to protect the animal from extinction.

A small, rare lizard in the deserts of southeast New Mexico was believed imperiled by oil and gas drilling in the Permian Basin, the U.S.’ busiest fossil fuel region. The dunes sagebrush lizard ...

Mexican beaded lizards are a species of large lizards closely related to Gila monsters. They live in Mexico, and like the Gila monster, have a venomous bite. Here are some fascinating beaded lizard ...