Lizards exist on every continent except Antarctica, but a select few have grown into apex-scale reptiles. This deep dive ...

Lizards are quite famous for their ability to voluntarily cut off and sacrifice their tail in order to escape with their lives. But for some types of lizards, that isn't the only thing they can shed.

What lizard is known as the Spiderman lizard and can scale vertical walls? It's the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama that lives ...

Can a reptile compute? In one species of lizard, Timon lepidus, the colour and pattern of its scales evolve in a manner akin to a discrete rule-based computation called a cellular automaton. See ...

A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a naked lizard. Scientists have uncovered the link between the hair of mammals, the feathers of birds and the scales of reptiles. And ...

A lizard’s intricately patterned skin follows rules like those used by a simple type of computer program. As the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) grows, it transforms from a drab, polka-dotted ...