A slender reptile slips beneath damp leaf litter in Taiwan’s mountain forests, rarely seen and often mistaken for a snake.
A dominant “Hulk” lizard morph is wiping out other color variants, demonstrating how fast evolutionary balance can collapse.
Alligator lizards and other Southern California species are showing up about a month early thanks to the heat. And that ...
Lizards are often misunderstood creatures, but their behaviors and adaptations are nothing short of extraordinary. What do lizards do to be so noteworthy? Prepare to be amazed. Lizards’ bodies are ...
Despite its intimidating name, Moloch horridus—better known as the thorny devil—is actually a small desert lizard found in ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– National Lizard Day is celebrated on August 14, 2025, highlighting the incredible diversity of lizards and the importance of their conservation. Lizards, which diverged from ...
For more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians Jack Tamisiea A slender-toed gecko in New Guinea. In 2020, Smithsonian herpetologist George ...
Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ancient animals Jack Tamisiea During the Late Permian period more than 255 ...