Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is once again being saluted in the scientific community, with a new lizard species being named after the musician. Per ReptilesMagazine.com, researchers in Peru ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ...

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A rare lizard species in Colorado reacts to stress-inducing loud noises by eating, a study found. Researchers studied the Colorado checkered whiptail, an all-female lizard species, in 2021. Noise ...

ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows its coarse, spiny body as a way to cool down, and sometimes conserve heat, deep beneath the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles west of ...

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...

In the face of a warming climate, the new research by Tulane scientists bodes poorly for the comparatively mild-mannered green lizards, the only anole native to North America.

The supersized dinosaurs of the past may no longer roam our planet, but the age of truly colossal reptiles is far from over. In fact, many of the world’s largest lizards belong to the genus Varanus, a ...

A new species of an “unusually large” alligator-like lizard has been discovered in the treetops of southern Mexico, after scientists spent years searching for the elusive reptile. A study published in ...

Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers investigate how and why intermediate lizard species, with their elongated bodies and short limbs, might ...