Imagine a world millions of years ago, teeming with creatures unlike anything we see today. Among them slithered animals that ...

The 209-million-year-old fossil offers clues to the evolution of the reptiles, which have more than 150 named species ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

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

Rhynchocephalia is a reptile order that evolved around 240 million years ago. These reptiles used to live around the world, ...

How did lizards and other squamates evolve? With around 11,000 known species, squamates are the most diverse terrestrial vertebrates living today, but their evolution has been shrouded in mystery.

Lizard-eating corn snakes are also out hunting, trying to find the anoles before we do. As we wrap up another 16-hour day at about 11:30 p.m., the team shares stories of the night. Evolution on ...

“Scuba-diving” lizard evolved bubble-breathing trick to dodge predators New research illuminates the crafty behavior of Anolis aquaticus, a lizard that doesn't mind it wet ...

A key to lizard evolution was buried in a museum cupboard for 70 years. The sharp-toothed specimen could show the much-earlier origins of the modern lizard. By Laura Baisas.

Invasive lizards are facing off in South Florida, and scientists are pulling up a front-row seat to get a better idea of how quickly adaptation and evolution can actually happen.

Here’s everything you need to know about the animal classification of birds and evolution. Are birds reptiles? Yes and no: It depends on how you classify animals.

Charles Darwin thought evolution happened very slowly, but South Florida’s anole species are proving that change can happen much quicker than science had previously known.