Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

A recent study has uncovered an extraordinary survival story—night lizards, small reptiles that still inhabit parts of North and Central America, managed to endure the asteroid impact that wiped ...

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 ...

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why? The answer reflects how humans have invaded its space and how it has ...

Decades before Key West became an accidental haven for iguanas, the island was populated by another breed of lizard: engaging ...

This little lizard has shown that in a world where it’s constantly on the menu, a tiny self-formed bubble has become its saving grace.

Evolutionary biologists have observed some differences in urban lizards in San Diego. Genetic analysis will indicate whether they’ve evolved into different creatures.

Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday.

LA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards, one of largest lizard species in the world Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are native to Australia.

IF you’ve lived in Houston or Southeast Texas for any period of time, chances are you have probably noticed the small green lizards known as the Green Anole.

LOS ANGELES — Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are ...