Of course monitor lizards, as the dragon’s family of animals is known, have survived many cycles of change. This particular species split off maybe five million years ago, but its genus goes back some ...

The Greater Short-Horned Lizard has fascinating adaptations, including squirting blood from its eyes to escape danger.

In a world so thoroughly reshaped by human hands, animals often bump into novel ecological conditions — problems evolution didn’t prepare them for. Plastic items look like food, but they’re ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows in the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles west of Odessa — the same West Texas land that supports the state’s biggest oil and gas fields.

King, an emerita professor of anthropology at William and Mary and author of the book How Animals Grieve. From what King ...

"The Devil in the Dark" feels like a second go and is a more successful one. It's more atmospheric and ultimately more complex. "The Man Trap" tries to add nuance ... (This is the species of the alien ...

"In nature, lizards often alternate between the roles of resident and intruder as they go about their daily lives. Evolution has given them a sophisticated set of social signals to communicate ...

The 28th question of the hardest exam I’d taken since college was a smudged footprint pressed lightly into damp sand. The ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Scientists recently discovered a new species of worm lizard—a strange limb-less lizard that looks a bit like an oversized earthworm.

Incumbent Christi Craddick is touting the health of the Texas energy industry and its impact on the economy. Her top opponent ...

Lizard Boy* tells the story of Trevor—a young man with green scaly skin—whose first date spirals into a mythic and transformative journey as he confronts villains, monsters, and himself.