The anole lizard may be a popular pet, but here's something that not many people may know: some of the things can breathe while underwater. A new study has confirmed their ability to do so, and ...

In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do. Instead, the ...

A biologist at The University of Texas at Arlington is studying the diversity of anole lizard species in the Caribbean islands to gain insight into why some species are common, while others are rare ...

Lizards have amazing regeneration abilities. When in danger, they may purposefully lose their tail, only for it to regrow ...

Caribbean Anolis lizards exhibit a complex suite of ecological, morphological, and behavioral traits that allow their specialization to particular microhabitats. These microhabitat specialists, called ...

Lizards have special superpowers. While birds can regrow feathers and mammals can regrow skin, lizards can regenerate entire structures such as their tails. Despite these differences, all have evolved ...

When it comes to studying lungs, humans take up all the air, but it turns out scientists have a lot to learn from lizards. A new study from Princeton University shows how the brown anole lizard solves ...

Sarah Baade practically considers anole lizards her personal gardeners. The green little reptiles have a knack for keeping her company at her San Antonio home while she tends to her front yard ...

For this month’s Meet a SI-entist, we caught up with Kevin de Queiroz to talk about the evolution of lizard legs and the joys of unplanned discoveries Cypress Hansen The vast diversity of anole ...

One of the most commonly seen lizards in the Southern states is the green anole, also known as North American green anole or Carolina anole. (Its scientific name is Anolis carolinensis.) Although more ...

Researchers collected images of lizards with missing limbs from experts around the world. Pictured here: an American green anole. Tony Gamble Jonathan Losos, a lizard biologist at Washington ...