The lizards came to the Midwest thanks to a 10-year-old boy from Walnut Hills and a sock full of lizards. In 1951, George Rau ...

The northern alligator lizard is small with rough scales and a long tail. An adult alligator lizard reaches around 4 inches long from the snout to the back side, not counting its tail.

Wildlife ecologist Kathleen Semple Delaney holds an adult male western fence lizard. In the background is a measuring and marking kit used to document reptile populations in the Santa Monica ...

Tegu lizards are typically calm and easily managed as pets. Adult tegus can be difficult to handle because of their large size and powerful jaws. Some tegus can also become aggressive during ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos — delicious Latin American pastries — fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work.

Donihue produced a fishing pole outfitted with a string lasso and, after two hours of pursuit, captured an adult female. “Ah, the sweet smell of lizard crap,” he said, as the writhing animal ...

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted ...