Every time she works in her garden, she’s visited by lizards and frogs. Shabnam has lived in the metro Atlanta area for ...

Sleep looks peaceful on the outside, but inside the brain, it is anything but ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Description: Lizards tend to scurry around in short bursts rather than running long distances, and the reason why might be ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

Three near-identical U.S. lizards have kept their identities for millions of years in a way that researchers compare to the game Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Lizards instinctively flee from peacock feathers. The feathers' eyespots mimic predator eyes, triggering a survival response. Their shimmering colors also suggest movement, further alarming the ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. The News & Observer spoke with local wildlife experts to learn about these reptiles — where they ...

Here are five lizards that look like real-life dragons.

Funding was provided in part by the National Science Foundation. Tracy Langkilde receives funding from The Pennsylvania State University. An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ...