In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first time. What followed provided some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action. James Stroud, an assistant professor in the ...

This Southeast Asian lizard stretches its ribs into wings to glide between branches. Here’s how evolution bent anatomy to ...

"Evolution can move a lot faster than people think when the right pressure shows up." ...

Hulk lizards are eliminating long-standing color types within their species, disrupting an evolutionary system that lasted millions of years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After gathering data on the captured anole, the team releases it back to the wild. Neil Losin/Day's Edge Prods. Every morning in ...

Since classifications have existed, wall lizards have been known to exhibit a diversity of throat colors, a phenomenon that remained stable until now. Currently, this palette is diminishing at an ...

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 ...

More than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small lizards that lived alongside other small, nondescript lizards in the shadow of the dinosaurs. More than 100 million years ...

Yale researchers have identified the oldest-known, definitive members of the lizard crown group that includes all living lizards and their closest extinct relatives. The two new species, Eoscincus ...

Cincinnati's 'Lazarus' lizards may number in the millions. Scientists are watching for spread and unexpected effects.