Lizard’s future hinges on voluntary measures

Finger-sized and sand-coloured, the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) blends into the scenery in the small pockets of the American southwest that it calls home. But with controversy swirling around a US government decision last week to not list it as ‘endangered’, the diminutive reptile has become a high-profile symbol of a larger question: can voluntary measures save a threatened species? Leer más.