As the evening sun trickled through the forest in Malaysia, an elusive lizard searched for a bed. It settled on some plants and fell asleep. But the night would not be a restful one. “Our student ...

What if you picked up a lizard and realized there was something more under its skin? The scales of the ocellated lizard form labyrinthine patterns of black and green. This species probably evolved its ...

A small lizard in the Mojave Desert has helped to finally confirm an evolutionary process proposed more than 100 years ago. While most of the side-blotched lizards in the region are adorned with tan ...

Mother lizards can induce different color patterns in their offspring in response to social cues, reports research published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal Ecology Letters. Female ...

Good moms make sure their kids eat well. Lizard moms only get one chance to do that; in most species, their mothering ends when they lay their eggs. So their one and only chance to be a good mom is to ...

There’s a particular type of lizard that changes the color of its spots as it ages — and researchers have just discovered the mathematical rules that govern this peculiar metamorphosis. In fact, one ...

Male lizard color may result from female preference. The anole lizard’s dewlap — a flap of skin that hangs beneath its chin — plays an important role in species recognition, territorial defense and ...

The color of T-shirts people wear affects escape behavior in western fence lizards, according to a new study. The color of T-shirts people wear affects escape behavior in western fence lizards, ...

Skin color patterns in animals arise from microscopic interactions among colored cells that obey equations, say investigators. Researchers report that a lizard acquires its adult skin color by ...