The fossil halves of an ancient lizard-like creature were sold separately nearly a century ago and have resided at museums in Germany and the United Kingdom.

This extraordinary defense mechanism works through specialized blood vessels called ocular sinuses that encircle the lizard’s eyes. When threatened, the horned lizard can restrict blood flow away from ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected evolutionary survival traits. Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived the ...

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

Can these endangered lizards beat the heat? Scientists test bold relocation plan Date: June 26, 2025 Source: Flinders University Summary: South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking ...

A U.S. Air Force training exercise off Okinawa took an unexpected turn this week when a supply bundle carrying a rescue boat detached from its parachute and fell into the sea, according to the ...

A U.S. Marine was convicted Tuesday of sexual assault and sentenced to seven years in a Japanese prison. Lance Cpl. James Clayton, 22, had been stationed in Okinawa, the southern Japanese ...

A Japanese court found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Okinawa, which has a heavy American troop presence.

Following Okinawa's return to Japanese rule in May 1972, Soka Gakkai, a major Japanese Buddhist organization, purchased the lot that included the Onna launch site in 1976.

Texans can vote on three potential designs to update the horned lizard plate, which was the first conservation-themed plate.

Night lizards also had a fairly small geographic range—another characteristic that should have made it difficult for them to persist after the asteroid strike, Lo adds.