For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. Here we ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a rare new lizard species with no front arms and only back limbs, revealing how ...

For this month’s Meet a SI-entist, we caught up with Kevin de Queiroz to talk about the evolution of lizard legs and the joys of unplanned discoveries Cypress Hansen The vast diversity of anole ...

In tropical climates, lizards are everywhere. It can be a bit wild to see, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They seem a tad superfluous in such large varieties leaving one to wonder, what ...

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary ...

Come to Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego to hear about a research adventure to the Caribbean islands and explore the mysteries of lizard evolution. Jonathan Losos of Harvard ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A new fossil find in the United Kingdom is a victory for de ...

For most animals, reproduction is straightforward: Some species lay eggs, while others give birth to live babies. But our recent research uncovered a fascinating mix between the two modes of ...

Some colourful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model evolution. Developed by Dr Simone Blomberg from The University of ...