Monitor lizards – commonly kept as pets – and iguanas produce venom, according to surprising new research that is rewriting the story of lizard and snake evolution. Until now, nasty swellings and ...

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 reptile in ...

Dubbed the 'Jesus lizard,' the basilisk lizard of Central and South America possesses an astonishing ability to run across water. Specialized toes with fringed scales, a lightweight body, and a ...

It’s early morning in the Australian desert, and a squat, palm-sized lizard called the thorny devil is having a drink. It hasn’t rained for weeks, and there’s no water in sight. The lizard’s body is ...

If you follow the blog very often, you've probably noticed "Team Red Lizard" popping up fairly frequently. Well, that's because Joe, Megan, and I are all members, and they also offer a lot of group ...

The first known warm-blooded lizard, the tegu, can heat itself to as much as 10 °C above its surroundings – making it unique among reptiles. But bizarrely, it only switches on its heating system at ...

On a remote group of islands in the Bahamas, the trees run thick with anoles—lithe, color-changing lizards easily identified by the vibrant fans that adorn the throats of males. Leaping from branch to ...

BISHOPVILLE, SC (WCSC/WIS) - Lizard Man is back. After nearly a decade without a sighting, Bishopville's mythical beast -- or person in a lizard costume -- is popping up around town. Descriptions of ...

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Compared to mammals, reptiles have a weird way of reproducing—and in the spring of 2017, that put Ashley Rasys in something of a pickle. For months, the University of Georgia biologist was struggling ...

Lizards live much longer in captivity than in the wild. How long do lizards live? We talk to an expert to find out. When you choose a lizard for a pet, you’re in it for the long haul. How long do ...

After many futile hours of shoveling dirt under the scorching Australian sun, Sean Doody began to think that he had made an embarrassing mistake and was—quite literally—digging himself into a hole.