For ages, wall lizards coexisted in three distinct color types, each with its own strategy for survival. Now, a powerful ...

One of the most commonly seen lizards in the Southern states is the green anole, also known as the North American green anole ...

Reptiles like snakes and lizards reveal a hidden map in the Amazon, highlighting flaws in conservation plans for vulnerable ...

"Evolution can move a lot faster than people think when the right pressure shows up." ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

Hulk lizards are eliminating long-standing color types within their species, disrupting an evolutionary system that lasted ...

The supersized dinosaurs of the past may no longer roam our planet, but the age of truly colossal reptiles is far from over. In fact, many of the world’s largest lizards belong to the genus Varanus, a ...

After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often ...

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as “lost species”. We do not know if they’ve gone extinct, or if it’s simply that nobody has ...

Scientists just discovered a new species of lizard hiding in the Australian desert and there may be fewer than 20 left ...

In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do. Instead, the ...