Biologists have long treated the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient inheritance, passed down and occasionally ...

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

Three near-identical U.S. lizards have kept their identities for millions of years in a way that researchers compare to the game Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ancient colors. And the changes are being driven by the biological equivalent ...

Kinsey Brock is hunting lizards. In a desert garden at San Diego State University (SDSU), she carries a long stick with a string lasso at one end to try to snare one. Finally, she does. It’s a male.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Lizard biologists in the Caribbean have observed a fascinating phenomenon: different lizard species across different islands appear to share ...