A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry and arid environments because of an innate ability to draw water from the sand ...

A recent lizard invasion shows how quickly evolutionary change can occur when the competition for food and space gets fierce. On a group of small islands in Florida, native green lizards were pushed ...

Southern Africa's deserts are home to the peculiar barking gecko, a small reptile known for its surprisingly loud ...

Fossilized footprints from an iguana-like reptile provide what could be the earliest evidence of a lizard running on two legs. The 29 exceptionally well-preserved lizard tracks, found in a slab of ...

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Faced with competition from an invading species, a type of lizard in Florida took just 20 generations – about 15 years – to evolve feet better suited to climbing trees, a new study says. Biologists ...

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With its tiny, spiky body, the armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus) looks like a baby dragon and has a defensive ...

Just as Americans were getting used to the idea of “murder hornets” in the U.S., officials are warning that an invasive lizard that can grow to up to 4 feet long has established itself in two Georgia ...