American scientists say water anoles—a type of semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of Costa Rica—utilize this unique technique to avoid birds and snakes that prey on them.

Reptiles are extraordinary creatures with diverse abilities. For example, tiny lizards in Costa Rica's rainforest have ... other species of anole have been found to form air bubbles, too.

Along a river in Costa Rica ... The lizards were placed near water and then dove in, and Swierk and Martin counted the depth and length of their dives, according to the study. They found that ...

In order to find out, Swierk went to Costa Rica, found the lizards, applied a moisturizer to their upper snouts and sides of their heads to prevent them from forming the bubble, and then observed how ...

For water anoles, it is a literal description of an underwater survival strategy. The semi-aquatic lizards found in Costa Rica’s forests sometimes escape attackers by breathing a bubble over their ...

Water anoles - a type of semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of Costa Rica - utilise the unique technique to avoid birds and snakes that prey on them, say American scientists.

Reptiles are astonishingly diverse, with extraordinary adaptations such as a tiny lizard in Costa Rica that has evolved ... when he was about 16 years old. He was found wandering the town square ...

For an animal not much larger than a pencil, there should be plenty of places to hide from predators in the forests of Costa Rica ... They found that the lizards without moisturizer were able ...