Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates ...

The "lizard in a blizzard" is actively recovering. A Providence, Rhode Island, man clearing snow after last week's massive winter storm made a shocking discovery when he spotted a large exotic tegu ...

Biologists have long regarded the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient legacy, passed down and occasionally lost. New research indicates a distinct pattern. According to a study conducted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosenberg’s goanna (WAM R95408) with skin bones visible in purple. Roy Ebel Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles ...

Some animals form lifelong pair bonds that run deeper than simple mating. These connections shape how they live, move, and interact with the world. When a partner is lost, the change is often visible.

Out-of-state visitors may not know what they’re looking at, but fans of Texas Christian University (TCU) get fired up when SuperFrog runs onto the football field. Human-size and gray, with pointy ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A First Coast News crew was walking through Dutton Island Preserve in Atlantic Beach, filming video for a story when something caught their attention. Stradling a guardrail was ...

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 ...

Researchers collected images of lizards with missing limbs from experts around the world. Pictured here: an American green anole. Tony Gamble Jonathan Losos, a lizard biologist at Washington ...