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 typically uncooperative ...

This video provides a detailed, exhibit-by-exhibit tour of all the monitor lizards housed on site. Each segment highlights ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos — delicious Latin American pastries — fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. In this ...

Most lizards in North America could suffer severe population decline due to the combined effects of deforestation and climate change, a new study has found. A new study published in Nature Climate ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — Climate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. The word “adaptation” is used in many ways by climate ...

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

Skinks are lizards — lesser-known relatives of the familiar green anoles so common here in the Lowcountry. As a group, skinks (family Scincidae) are among the most widespread of all lizards, found on ...

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

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Scientists at Tulane University made a discovery! Lead-resistant lizards are roaming around New Orleans! Their studies show that the lizards here have an unprecedented amount of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – You probably used to ...