Most lacertid lizards are content scurrying in and out of nooks and crannies in walls and between rocks. However, some have opted for an arboreal life style. Neon blue tailed tree lizards (Holaspis ...

Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the ...

Lizards are famous for losing their tails, but perhaps the bigger question should be: How do their tails stay on? The answer may lie in the appendage’s internal design. A structure of prongs, ...

Most people know that lizards can drop their tails. Fewer people know what actually happens after that or how far the biology goes. The tail keeps twitching on the ground, distracting the predator.

The blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) is one variety of 10 species of spiny lizards that reside here in Texas, although it has a very limited range in this state. It can be observed in Texas ...