Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers ...

Despite what many of us were once taught in school, not all reptiles lay eggs. In fact, one of the most widespread lizards in Europe give birth to live young. Now, it seems these common lizards ...

An exotic species of lizard has been spotted in southeastern Indiana. According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is encouraging the public to help it track sightings of common wall ...

Every identifiable group of plants and animals on Earth has a unique combination of body shapes, behaviors and ecology that distinguishes them from all others. What about the different kinds of ...

I know I have written time and time again how funny common names of creatures can be. Sometimes these common names can describe where an animal lives, what time of day it is active or even its ...

In a world full of fierce competition, gathering intel on opponents is a matter of life or death. One common reptile called the wall lizard uses a particularly clever tactic to sniff out fights it can ...

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...