When danger looms, the tiny and spiky armadillo lizard curls its body into a ball and bites its own tail — on purpose!

Are you considering a reptile pet? Lizards have captivating colors, unique personalities, and manageable care routines.

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. In this ...

Invasive Nile monitors in Georgia have been labeled the largest and most dangerous lizards in the U.S. Where are they? How ...

If you've ever had a lizard scurry by you while relaxing at home, it might've made you jump. Most lizards aren't venomous, and they're happy to eat all the insects in your house. But it doesn't change ...

Encountering a lizard indoors can be startling, but these common house geckos are harmless, primarily feeding on insects. While they can bite if corne ...

One day, Jonathan Losos found himself trying to capture a lizard on a research trip near the Bahamas. He's a professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis. JONATHAN LOSOS: It was a wily ...

A mysterious cartoon lizard has become TikTok’s latest rising star. The green reptile, standing in a pitch-black room with a somewhat dazed smile, is repeatedly smacking a small lizard icon on a ...

If you’ve ever walked into your living room and spotted a lizard casually hanging out on your wall like it pays rent, you’re not alone. Lizards are not exactly the best of friends so when they are ...

WEBSTER ― No one can say Peter Tarbox doesn't have a sense of humor. He lives near Blueberry Lane, where a five-foot lizard with sharp teeth called a water monitor escaped from its owner's home nearly ...