Between 1877 and 1961 only 12 specimens of these lizards were discovered. Classed as "endangered", the IUCN explains that in 2004, Eric Pianka noted that “only about 100 of these lizards have ...

By studying the inner ears of zebrafish and green anole lizards—both capable of regenerating sensory cells—they compared their DNA control elements, called “enhancers,” to those of mice ...