Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

(THE CONVERSATION) We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards – never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Years ago, one of us was in the Bahamas chasing a ...

A 242-million-year-old fossil found on a beach in Devon, England, is changing what we know about lizard evolution. A new study, published in Nature, details how this ancient reptile is giving ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

Update, May 20, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has listed the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered. “The Service will continue working collaboratively with Tribes, industry, ...

A tiny skull found on a beach in Devon has rewritten the early history of lizards, snakes and the tuatara, the last survivor of an ancient reptile lineage found only in New Zealand today. The new ...

The Italian wall lizard—a cigar-size Mediterranean reptile with a green back, mottled copper flanks, and a whiplike tail—is more or less the animal you picture when someone says the word “lizard.” ...

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted reptile in ...