As a battle for territory unfolds between two different species of lizards invasive to Florida, a team of University of Florida scientists is trying to determine what it could mean for public health.

"By examining thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms distributed across the genomes, we will be able to tell once and for all if Dixon's whiptail is a different species," said Corey Roelke, a ...

A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin, the team focused on the Formosan legless lizard, scientifically known as ...

Scientists are in a race against time to document and safeguard the diversity of lizards that live on the island and its ...

After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often ...

Australia does not simply have a large number of lizards. In many regions, they dominate the landscape almost quietly, moving ...

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