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Short & Stout

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Published: August 30, 2025 00:45

Can you #FindThatLizard in the City?The western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, adapts really well to urbanized areas such as Downtown Los Angeles. In undisturbed or less urbanized areas, you can commonly find western fence lizards on rocks, logs,…

Happy World Lizard Day

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Published: August 16, 2025 00:18

There are more than 4,000 species of lizards. Many of them look quite different. For example, consider the Komodo dragon, a green iguana, and a fence lizard. These species have all evolved to look very different based on the very different environments…

Call for Submissions

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Published: August 9, 2025 00:57

Can you #FindThatLizard?!I want to thank Jaclyn Cosgrove, @jacinthewild.la, for submitting this week’s challenge photo of TWO western fence lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis. If you have a photo you’d like to submit, go to…

Lizard Personalities

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Published: August 1, 2025 22:51

The side blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, named after the inky dark splotch in their armpit, is one of the most commonly seen lizards in the Los Angeles area. If you join me on one of the lizard art walks I’m leading in August, you’ll likely see one or…

World Lizard Day 2025

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Published: July 25, 2025 17:17

I have been an observer of the natural world for as long as I can remember. My curiosity is endless. So much so that when I was around 6 or 7, my dad bought me The Big Book Of Tell Me Why.I wanted to know why birds could fly, why animals didn’t get sick…

Go Do the Thing!

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Published: July 18, 2025 22:53

Perfectionism has been stressing me out lately. For the last few weeks, I’ve been wanting to get out to search for horned lizards. However, the drive to the areas they may be at (that I have access to) are about an hour away. So I just haven’t found the…

Na Na Na Can’t Hear You

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Published: July 11, 2025 23:40

Lizards have a lot of cool adaptations that match the environments they evolved in.Can you #FindThatLizard?! …

Herping 101

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Published: July 4, 2025 19:33

Herping is one of the easiest wildlife hobbies to get into because all you have to do is walk outside and use your eyes (and sometimes your ears); however, some species like the western skink, Plestiodon skiltonianus, are primarily fossorial, meaning they…

A Helping Hand

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Published: June 27, 2025 21:58

Something I really love about lizards is how they all have their own personalities. Ornate tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus, as a species have the most big dog in a little dog’s body ever. Can you #FindThatLizard? …

Malicious Compliance

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Published: June 20, 2025 22:53

Call to Action: Spam the QR CodeEarlier this month, the Trump Administration sent a memo to the Department of the Interior to remove signage that "inappropriately disparages Americans past or living and instead focuses on the greatness of the achievements…

An Exercise in Imagination

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Published: June 6, 2025 20:29

This week I attended the Hollywood Climate Summit. The panels at this event explored the harmful effects of media productions on our environment, the steps various companies and productions are taking to become more sustainable, and climate solutions that…