We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards – never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Years ago, one of us was in the Bahamas chasing a typically uncooperative ...

Most lizards in North America could suffer severe population decline due to the combined effects of deforestation and climate change, a new study has found. A new study published in Nature Climate ...

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. In this ...

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

(THE CONVERSATION) — Climate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. The word “adaptation” is used in many ways by climate ...

Lizards and snakes are a key component of most terrestrial ecosystems on earth today. Along with the charismatic tuatara of New Zealand (a “living fossil” represented by a single living species), ...

This video provides a detailed, exhibit-by-exhibit tour of all the monitor lizards housed on site. Each segment highlights ...

Q. I visited Arizona recently and learned they have dozens of kinds of lizards. Being from Alabama, I know we have a few of our own as I often see them in our yard. How many lizards do we have in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – You probably used to ...