The oldest known lizard has reclaimed its crown clade ... This involves figuring out where a species belongs in the evolutionary tree, based on the traits it shares with related organisms.

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

Two Lizards Fight for the Right to Claim a Tree as their Home For thousands of years, the green anole was Florida's only native tree dwelling lizard. But today, Miami is home to nine other species ...

The green basilisk lizard is also called a plumed or double ... When threatened, they can drop from a tree into the water and sprint, upright, about 5 feet per second across the surface.

Marmoretta is a stem lepidosaur, an early relative of the group containing all lizards and snakes as well ... as the curves help them to grip to a tree's trunk and branches. Its spine would ...

While encounters with venomous lizards are rare, they often occur when humans step into wild territories—either for research, tourism, or exotic pet keeping. These creatures don’t attack unprovoked; ...

But during the visit, researchers moved a stone and found an unfamiliar-looking lizard underneath. Intrigued, the team caught the lizard and showed it to some reptile researchers who analyzed it ...

Our team catches anoles with telescopic fishing poles fitted with little lassos, which we use to gently pluck the lizards off branches and tree trunks. Picture yourself as an anole on Lizard Island.

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became ...