Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite ...

Rangers from the Joseph D. Grant County Park in Santa Clara County, California, have located a black-and-white Argentine tegu ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

A study appearing in Behavioral Ecology shows that in male wall lizards, certain behaviors have a greater influence on the way they resolve territorial disputes than their size and coloration.

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

Basilisk lizards. The basilisk lizard of the family Corytophanidae has got those everyday lizards beat. “The basilisk lizard is one of a few animals that can actually walk on water. Well, it’s ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and ...

Horned lizards are distinguished by a crown of large, ... These are very cool animals, so let’s hope they can remain in the places they now live, including Isle of Palms, ...

Two cats, three dogs, four turtles and a lizard were rescued from a large fire at a Cleveland apartment complex3. The fire ...

Monitor lizards aren’t native to the US, but are now listed as an invasive species in parts of Florida. The Nile monitor was introduced around 1990, most likely as part of the exotic pet trade.

To breed and find food, these animals move between neighborhoods, said Lee Fitzgerald, a researcher and professor at Texas A&M University who’s been studying these lizards for more than 30 years.