Anatomy determines how lizards attract partners and repel rivals Date: June 4, 2013 Source: University of New South Wales Summary: Catching the attention of females in a darkened rainforest amid a ...

Catching the attention of females in a darkened rainforest amid a blur of windblown vegetation is no easy task. But male Anolis lizards on the island of Jamaica have evolved an ideal visual ...

The reptile is named Opisthiamimus gregori. It looks like a lizard, but like New Zealand’s tuatara, it is not one. Lizards are squamates, an order of reptiles that includes snakes and worm lizards.

Most biologists have done their share of dissections to learn about animal anatomy. Students typically dissect frogs, rats, sharks, and cats in comparative anatomy classes.

A little fossil found in the Italian Alps suggests the earliest lizards managed to survive a mass extinction that wiped out more than 90 per cent of all species on Earth.

A palm-size lizard with teeth as sharp as butcher knives is so old that it shifts the origins of modern lizards and snakes back by 35 million years, a new study reveals.

Some people find them creepy while others are drawn to their prehistoric anatomy. There are 60 different reptiles from five different continents around the world on display.

If last year was brat summer, this year may be remembered as escaped lizard summer. Since June, at least three large pet lizards in the United States have escaped their owners’ homes, surprising ...

A small, elusive lizard is bouncing back following the eradication of invasive rats on an island in the Galápagos. Conservationists say they have rediscovered a leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus ...