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Science
Potted olive snakes are ‘tip of the iceberg’ of ornamental plant trade dangers, researchers say
Ornamental olive trees imported for sale in the UK, some of which are over 100 years old, have plenty of hiding places between their finicky bark and soil during transport. This is very dangerous in terms of importing pests. Credit: Silviu Petrovan/University of Cambridge Continental snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards have migrated unnoticed to northern Europe, along with ornamental…
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Biology
Morphological studies reveal the evolution of diverse jaws in lizards and snakes
An image of an anole (a type of “false chameleon”) crushing a snail with its jaws. Credit: Professor Anthony Herrell Research from the University of Bristol shows how lizards and snakes, the most diverse group of land vertebrates with around 12,000 species, evolved an astonishing variety of jaw shapes and are an extraordinary ecological success. clarified what brought about this.…
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