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Metal pollution may be skewing the sex ratio of sea turtles
Some sea turtle populations have become skewed towards females because of climate change, and now it appears that chemical pollution might be adding to the problem
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Of Time and Turtles review: What can we learn from turtles?
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Ancient armoured animal leads to rethink of reptile evolutionary tree
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Fossilised reptile poo contains 200-million-year-old parasites
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Lizard puts less effort into wooing and choosing mates when it’s hot
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Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails
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Some sea snakes have re-evolved the ability to see more colours
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Ancient reptiles’ long necks made them vulnerable to decapitation
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Extinct lizard was a bizarrely supersized version of modern skinks
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Alligators create hotspots for life by digging holes with their snouts
Alligator ponds have a greater diversity and abundance of plants and animals compared with the surrounding marsh, and offer aquatic refuge in dry months
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Snakes have been seen doing somersaults when they’re scared
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Invasive Burmese python in Florida lays a record 96 eggs in one go
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Oldest ichthyosaur fossil hints they evolved before mass extinction
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Lizards that survived wildfires are more alert to the sound of flames
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