In a study published today in the scientific journal BMC Genomics, ASU and TGen scientists for the first time identified three microRNAs associated with the regeneration of tails in the green anole ...

Anole lizards can achieve a rare 2-tailed structure under specific physiological conditions. The blastema creates a distinct structural risk during the regeneration window. A partial injury often ...

The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and screens and ...

The anole lizard may be a popular pet, but here's something that not many people may know: some of the things can breathe while underwater. A new study has confirmed their ability to do so, and ...

Almost every animal in the rainforest enjoys snacking on water anoles, but slippery skin and an ability to carry an air bubble underwater help them survive. By Sara Novak Water anoles, semiaquatic ...

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When I first moved to the Houston Heights area, the bulk of the lizard population in our backyard consisted of the same old critters I’d grown up with: the green anole. “Green” is something of a ...

Lizards have special superpowers. Birds and mammals can regenerate skin and feathers and evolved from the same ancestor as lizards, which can regenerate entire structures such as their tails.

The Forgotten Coast is being invaded by an exotic lizard called the Cuban brown anole. This may not be a crisis unless you are a native green anole, in which case, raise the alarm because the newly ...

Some anole lizards have a newfound superpower: They can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble on their snouts. What’s more, these reptiles can stay submerged for nearly 20 minutes by ...

Lizards have amazing regeneration abilities. When in danger, they may purposefully lose their tail, only for it to regrow later. While this is a feat of evolution, sometimes regeneration can go wrong, ...