A serendipitous find in the National Museum of Natural History’s collections yielded just the second known specimen of a ...

Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences could determine who survives.

Observers believe both came here by “piggybacking” on exotic plants brought in by the horticultural sector. Read more at ...

Here, since 2015, we've been conducting evolutionary research on five species of remarkable lizards called anoles. By studying the anoles, our team is working to understand one of biology's most ...

Our native lizard, the green anole, is familiar to us all, although they are mostly tree dwelling, they’re often in bushes or sunning on porches. Sexually, they are polygynous, the males mate with ...

Anoles are small lizards with an abundance of charm. There are over 400 species of anoles, scattered all over the American and Caribbean tropics: from remote rainforests in the Bahamas ...

Courtesy of Luke Mahler / Harvard University" />Anolis sagrei in Jamaica Credit: Courtesy of Luke Mahler / Harvard University Head bobs, a series of quick pushups, and displays of a colorful ...

Researchers had an opportunity to observe natural selection in a species of anole lizards (Anolis scriptus) on the West Indies islands of Pine and Cay, according to research published in Nature July ...

A green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Long-term lizard study challenges the rules of evolutionary biology Long-term lizard study challenges the rules of evolutionary biology Long-term lizard ...

This is an Anolis olssoni lizard. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

we’ve been conducting evolutionary research on five species of remarkable lizards called anoles. By studying the anoles, our team is working to understand one of biology’s most fundamental ...

Each May, coinciding with the start of the breeding season, we visit Lizard Island to capture, study and release all adult anoles – a population that fluctuates between 600 to 1,000.