It may sound too bizarre to be true, but the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a fish that inhabits rivers, lakes, and swamps ...

A gardener on Reddit said a simple backyard upgrade came with the unexpected bonus of a thriving population of native lizards ...

Cincinnati's 'Lazarus' lizards may number in the millions. Scientists are watching for spread and unexpected effects.

When you think of intelligent animals, reptiles likely don’t come to mind. However, reptiles are surprisingly intelligent ...

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He Heard a Splash in His Pool — Then Saw One of the World’s Largest Lizards ...

A series of clever experiments into the reptilian "third eye" has confirmed that lizards use this patch of light-sensitive cells as a sun-calibrated compass. To test how third eyes — technically known ...

An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ant walk over its back. Not hungry, it ignores the insect. Soon there are lots of ants crawling up its legs, biting the scales that usually ...

Southern California’s alligator lizards eat the arachnids with abandon, and seem to have evolved immunity to their toxins. The western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) may spin a disorderly ...

Settle down everybody. A backyard lizard invasion has not begun. OK, maybe it has, but no reason to panic. Alligator lizards, Western Fence lizards and even the occasional side-blotched lizard are ...