Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the arid plains and rocky deserts of North America, a ...

Greater short-horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes - proving you really are what you eat, in the grossest way possible.

This tiny, spiny lizard has a shocking secret. Scientists have finally uncovered exactly how and why its bizarre strategy works so well.

The Basilisk lizard is an amphibious reptile that hails from the tropical areas of Central and South America and has earned ...

A new study in Biological Diversity reveals that centipede consumption enhances growth and gut microbiome homeostasis in ...

The five-lined skink is the only native New Jersey lizard that is found throughout the state. (Two others, the brown skink and fence lizard, are found only in the southern part of the state.) In North ...