New research challenges the current consensus that the radiation of squamates – a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakes – happened…
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Ocellated lizard. A multidisciplinary team at the UNIGE has succeeded in explaining the complex distribution of scales in the ocellated lizard by means of a…
The lizard lung forms quickly by a leveraging simple mechanical process the researchers likened to a mesh stress ball, the common toy. As fluid fills…
With four tiny legs and an extraordinarily long body, a fossil of the snake-like lizard Tetrapodophis amplectus has created controversy. Credit: Julius Csotonyi More than…
Baby Deinonychus investigates a Sciroseps pawhuskai on the charred remains of a cycad. Credit: Illustration by Brian Engh, http://dontmesswithdinosaurs.com UW Oshkosh vertebrate paleontologist on research…
An Asian flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus. Videos of these geckos, common in the forests of Singapore, showed that their tails allow them to recover…
An Asian flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus. Videos of these geckos, common in the forests of Singapore, showed that their tails allow them to recover…
Lizards with sticky toepads have a greater clinging ability. (Left) The canopy specialist American green anole (Anolis carolinensis) possesses enlarged toepads, while the ground Ibizan…
A shingleback lizard seized at Perth airport by Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Credit: Photo supplied by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and…
Anolis lizard rebreathes exhaled air underwater using a bubble clinging to their snouts. Credit: Lindsey Swierk A team of evolutionary biologists including faculty at Binghamton…
Close-up of an Anolis lizard with a rebreathing bubble on its snout. Credit: Lindsey Swierk A team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Toronto…
Artist’s rendering of Gavialimimus almaghribensis, a newly discovered species of mosasaur that ruled the seas of what is now Morocco some 72 to 66 million…
New iguana species found hiding in plain sight. Credit: FFI This is the tale of two iguanas. Or five iguanas and counting, if you prefer.…
A tiny lizard forefoot of the genus Anolis is trapped in amber that is about 15 to 20 million years old. Credit: © Jonas Barthel…