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A lizard on a wall is so common that most of us don't even notice it anymore. It appears for a few seconds, freezes in place, ...

A new fossil from Devon reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like, and there are some surprises, according to a research team from the University of Bristol. The study is ...

This lizard is the world hide-and-seek champion, 1891 to 2018. Biologists working on the Indonesian island of Sumatra recently encountered a nose-horned dragon lizard which had been lost to science ...

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. Here we're ...

Researchers found more than a hundred lizards of nearly 60 species that survived losing a limb, with some even seeming to thrive. Trilobites Researchers found more than a hundred lizards of nearly 60 ...

An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ant walk over its back. Not hungry, it ignores the insect. Soon there are lots of ants crawling up its legs, biting the scales that usually ...