Looking ‘weird’ saves robot lizards from predators
Sometimes being flashy is actually a turn-off to predators. Their loss…
Tag: lizard
Newly-discovered fossil lizard shows how uncertainty can lead to better science
Sometimes, it's best to admit that we simply don't know the right answer (yet).
Florida lizard was so constipated its 80% of its body weight was poop — and pizza is to blame
This legendary constipation made history.
Fossil Friday: lizard foot trapped in amber helps us better understand fossilization
A new paper describing the foot of a lizard preserved in amber broadens our understanding of the fossilization processes. The ...
Lizard-like 309-million-year-old fossil is oldest evidence of parenting
Even in times that pre-dated the dinosaurs, many creatures cared for their young.
The world’s first gene-engineered reptiles are all albinos
No other team has successfully applied gene-editing techniques to reptiles.
Hurricane-braving lizards get to grips with natural selection
Scientists witness natural selection in action in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Lizards with lime-green blood might lead to cure for malaria and other diseases
Their blood is green due to a pigment that is toxic to humans.
Extinct monitor lizard used to have four eyes — and this is a pretty big deal
The extra eyes are called the pineal and parapineal organs.
Permian lizard detached tail to escape predators, a trait still found in modern lizards
It took more than a hundred million years before lizards re-evolved this feature.
Fossil Friday: the bug inside the lizard inside the snake
Always go for a meal before you fossilize.
Oldest chameleon-like lizard found trapped in 100 million-years-old amber
Recently, a treasure trove of a dozen ancient lizards trapped in amber came to scientists' attention. Everyone was impressed by ...
Jesus lizard ancestor skimmed the tropical waters of Wyoming, 48 million years ago
Paleontologists have discovered what looks like the earliest member of the Corytophanidae (also known as casquehead or helmeted lizards) judging ...
Three species of tiny dragons discovered in South America
Some areas of South America are so special and magical... that you might even find a dragon - or actually, ...
Rare long-nozed Pinocchio lizard discovered in Ecuador
Alejandro Arteaga / Tropical Herping A rare sight to behold, the elusive Pinocchio lizard was finally spotted after a team ...
Lizards have survival instincts even before they are born
Unborn lizards can erupt from their eggs days before they should if they recept vibrations that hint at a predator ...
Scientists discover vividly colored lizards in the Peruvian Amazon
There is still unbelievably much we have yet to discover from the Amazon. Now, researchers have uncovered two new species ...
Lizards facing mass extinction due to global warming
Within the next 50 years, numerous lizard species could become extinct due to global warming, a research by Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, ...
Leaping lizard tails could provide massive advances in robotics
Researchers at Berkley University have developed an extraordinary robotic toy car called the “Tailbot”, equipped with a stabilizing tail, which is ...
The amazing Tuatara
The tuatara is not an iguana, it's not a lizard, and it is very, very different than any other reptile ...
245 Million Years Old Fossilized Burrows suggest Lizard-like Creatures In Antarctica
For the first time, scientists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods (four legged vertebrates) in Antarctica dating from the Early ...
