Scientists in Australia have discovered a rare new lizard species with no front arms and only back limbs, revealing how ...

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. Here we ...

In tropical climates, lizards are everywhere. It can be a bit wild to see, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They seem a tad superfluous in such large varieties leaving one to wonder, what ...

What factors drive diversification in species groups with wide distributions and high morphological disparity? Pavón-Vázquez et al. used an extensive morphological and phylogenetic dataset to ...

Lizards have amazing regeneration abilities. When in danger, they may purposefully lose their tail, only for it to regrow ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary ...

Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ...