For more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians Jack Tamisiea A slender-toed gecko in New Guinea. In 2020, Smithsonian herpetologist George ...

The Italian wall lizard—a cigar-size Mediterranean reptile with a green back, mottled copper flanks, and a whiplike tail—is more or less the animal you picture when someone says the word “lizard.” ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how these two lizards can be both alike and different with the Memphis Zoo. Learn how these two lizards can be both alike and different because of how they have adapted to their environments ...

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 ...

Continuing along the track of a previous article, let me introduce you to another interesting lizard occurring in our area! After discussing the horned lizard in a prior article, and to give equal ...