Can a reptile compute? In one species of lizard, Timon lepidus, the colour and pattern of its scales evolve in a manner akin to a discrete rule-based computation called a cellular automaton. See ...

In vertebrates, skin colour patterns emerge from nonlinear dynamical microscopic systems of cell interactions. Here we show that in ocellated lizards a quasi-hexagonal lattice of skin scales, rather ...

A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a naked lizard. Scientists have uncovered the link between the hair of mammals, the feathers of birds and the scales of reptiles. And ...