Lizards are those chill, scaly buddies that dart across rocks, climb walls, or just lounge in the sun. They comprise over 7,000 known species, ranging from tiny chameleons to massive monitors. They ...

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 ...

Visitors to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will have some new animals to see this summer. The zoo recently announced that several news species are already or will soon be viewable in exhibits. The new ...

In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do. Instead, the ...

As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide ...

Find them in the warm months scurrying across sidewalks, lurking in your garden and making unwelcome visits on a patio lunch date. As the weather warms up, Lazarus lizards come out. They're all over ...

I am, admittedly, a life-long nature lover and, as a biologist, I’m interested in all living (and fossil) organisms. As such, and because this is a column devoted to the natural world of our area, let ...

Mary Schmidt talks about attracting lizards to the garden, and Randall Bayer repots an orchid. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Lichterman Nature Center's Backyard Wildlife ...

After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often ...

Researchers found more than a hundred lizards of nearly 60 species that survived losing a limb, with some even seeming to thrive. Trilobites Researchers found more than a hundred lizards of nearly 60 ...