A new fossil lizard, Helioscopus dickersonae, was an ancestor of modern geckos. Its name that honors the lead researcher's grandmother and great aunt.
A study of a lizard species in Arizona revealed that nearly 70 years' worth of climate-related extinction occurred in just seven years.
Researchers in Florida want help finding brown basilisk lizards, are also called "Jesus lizards" because they can sprint across water.
"Understanding how animals adapt to urban environments can help us focus our conservation efforts on the species that need it the most..."
Two new lizard species fill important gaps in the fossil record and offer tantalizing clues about the complexity of lizard evolution
Chowing down on fire ants might bolster lizard immune systems for attacks in the future, "somewhat like a vaccine," researchers say.
"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.
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.
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