The lizards came to the Midwest thanks to a 10-year-old boy from Walnut Hills and a sock full of lizards. In 1951, George Rau ...

Komodo dragons, the largest lizards, are apex predators native to Indonesian islands, known for their venomous bite and ...

Monitor lizards are a large group of lizards that fall under the genus Varanus. There are many different types, and they vary widely in size and appearance. Monitor lizards are not native to the ...

In the ancient Roman mine underneath Carmona, Spain, researchers discovered a new species of isopod named Baeticoniscus ...

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted ...

Thousands of feet up on a volcano in Peru, a “slender” and scaly creature paused on a rock. Its coloring helped it blend ...

We call it Lizard Island, and it’s a special place. Since 2015, we have been conducting evolutionary research here on five species of remarkable lizards called anoles. Our team is working to ...

Now, scientists have been treated to front row seats of evolution unfolding in real time, as two similar lizard species encounter each other for the first time and quickly adapt to fill different ...

As night stretched across a mountain in southern Vietnam, a pregnant creature waited under some “rotting leaves.” But its ...

According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the fence lizard is the most commonly spotted reptile in the U.S.; and the top species in California. Why? The answer reflects how ...