Oil and gas industry supporters worried conserving the rare lizard species in the Permian Basin could restrict industry ...
More than 40 years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially recognized the need for federal protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard, the agency has finally listed the tiny reptile ...
ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows its coarse, spiny body to cool down and sometimes conserve heat way deep beneath the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles west of ...
A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing its extinction, triggering concerns that landowners and ...
MIDLAND, Texas — The dunes sagebrush lizard was recently added to the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, preventing it and its habitat from destruction. However, the ...
"The Endangered Species Act is an important tool in preventing the extinction of imperiled species like the dunes sagebrush lizard," said Amy Lueders, USFWS southwest regional director, in a ...
ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows its coarse, spiny body as a way to cool down, and sometimes conserve heat, deep beneath the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles ...
The dunes sagebrush lizard, which lives in the oil-rich Permian Basin, has been listed as endangered after a decades-long effort. (Ryan Hagerty/Usfws, Ryan Hagerty/Usfws) Subscribe to The Y’all ...