In the red corner, there’s the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus); it’s smaller but scrappy, and the last living species of sphenodontia, an order of reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

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Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) – This New Zealand reptile, often mistaken for a lizard, can live over 100 years. Some in protected environments have been documented at 120 years or more. Geoduck ...

A Bracon cephi larva consuming wheat stem sawfly larva in the stem (Image courtesy of Erika Peirce, ARS) The team has devised a simple yet ingenious way to transport the wasps. They call it the ...

The bright spot in HPAL’s ongoing research is the increase in Bracon spp.—a parasitoid wasp and natural predator of the sawfly—which is beginning to make a dent in the infestation problem.

Southern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus) Image Credit: Brian Magnier/Shutterstock.com. The Southern Ringneck snake likes to lurk in damp areas and much on small insects such as slugs.

The medal for "fastest evolver" is therefore highly controversial. Some scientists have awarded that title to tuataras (Sphenodon punctatus), lizard-like animals found only in modern-day New ...

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At a first look, tuataras appear similar to their lizard cousins. But there are a couple of important differences. Tuataras have more ribs than lizards on their abdomens, and have differences in their ...

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“Bracon is a small orange wasp that lays its eggs on the wheat stem sawfly larvae,” she said. “They have this kind of venom that arrests development and then it’ll eat that sawfly larvae.” Each bracon ...