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

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists discovered that a certain lizard has a strange structure in their inner ear that allows the critter to sense lower vibrations than previously thought possible. The tokay ...

Populations should adapt to the climate at their respective localities. Here, we examined differences in thermal biology between two populations of Podarcis hispanica lizards from areas with different ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study in Biology Letters has found that warmer temperatures may make lizards smarter, even as past studies have linked a global decline in ...

From the clown fish to leopards, skin colour patterns in animals arise from microscopic interactions among coloured cells that obey equations discovered by the mathematician Alan Turing. Today, ...

Justin L. Rheubert, Katherine Touzinsky, David M. Sever, Robert D. Aldridge, Anthony J. Wilmes, Dustin S. Siegel, Kevin M. Gribbins Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 48 ...

A humble little lizard has developed a clever escape route from predators – it blows a bubble over its nostrils and scuba dives to safety for 20 minutes or more. Now, a biologist has explored exactly ...

Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide. In Australia, invasive cane toads caused devastation among lizard populations ...

Australian researchers have discovered that sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosus) can recognize the smell of smoke as a sign of approaching fire and attempt to escape, but they do not respond to the sound ...

In a thrilling discovery for Egyptologists and ancient history buffs, the contents of six ancient animal sarcophagi have been examined, all without a single scientists opening a coffin lid, thanks to ...

Skin color patterns in animals arise from microscopic interactions among colored cells that obey equations, say investigators. Researchers report that a lizard acquires its adult skin color by ...