A tiny fish native to Southern California streams and a legless, sand-swimming lizard will be studied to determine whether they qualify for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, a ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Center for Biological Diversity asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend Endangered Species Act protections to the Temblor legless lizard, a rare sand-swimming ...

McKITTRICK, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Temblor legless lizard may qualify for protection ...

McKITTRICK, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition today to protect the Temblor legless lizard under the Endangered Species Act. The lizard is a rare sand-swimming reptile ...

As a strictly protected species, sand lizards are dependent on the preservation of their habitats—especially in view of declining populations in Germany. Sand lizards sometimes find ideal living ...

A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry and arid environments because of an innate ability to draw water from the sand ...

The 10 cm long sandfish lizard rapidly dives into and swims through granular media like desert sand. Granular media display solid and fluid-like behaviors, and high speed X-ray imaging reveals that ...