With just a look Tiago R. Simões was sure a fossil was sui generis — and it turned out to belong to a previously unknown species of a lizard-like reptile, representing the earliest evolving member of a lineage that today includes all lizards, snakes, and their closest relatives.

"Toepads are essentially a biological superpower for lizards to access new resources that lizards without toepads cannot."

New research suggests how to conserve rough-nosed horned lizards, which live only in Sri Lankan rainforests.

Two tongue tips are better than one – an evolutionary biologist explains why snakes have forked tongues.

Hollywood loves a good monster battle, and where better to turn for inspiration than the animal kingdom? Traits from real animals can provide clues about the fighting prowess of Kong and Godzilla.

The discovery of a fossil iguana nesting burrow answers questions about the now-endangered lizards.

On a cold morning in Miami, lizards rained down from trees where they'd been sleeping. The event gave researchers insight into the impact of climate change.

Reptiles are consistently overlooked by regulators of the trade in wildlife, but many face extinction in the wild.

"It is from an animal the size of a large dinosaur, but it is completely unlike a dinosaur egg."