Lizards are known for losing and regrowing their tails due to injury. Now, we are learning that ability to turn normal cells into new tissue types could potentially help those with arthritis. I toured ...

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...

Anole lizards can achieve a rare 2-tailed structure under specific physiological conditions. The blastema creates a distinct structural risk during the regeneration window. A partial injury often ...

New research reveals that juvenile alligators are capable of regrowing large portions of their tail if they lose it to a predator or other danger. The finding is somewhat surprising, as some lizard ...

American alligators are about as close to dinosaurs as you can get in modern times, and can grow up to 14 feet in length. While much smaller reptiles such as lizards are able to regenerate their tails ...

(CNN) — Small reptiles like lizards and geckos are known for their extraordinary ability to regrow their tails, a potentially lifesaving skill in the wild. But it turns out these reptiles are not the ...

The ability to regrow their tails has been a documented and life-saving skill of small reptiles like lizards and geckos. Now, researchers say they have details of larger reptiles, alligators, ...