Body shape, color and behavior often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright ...

In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first time. What followed provided some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action. James Stroud, an assistant professor in the ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified the oldest-known, definitive members of an evolutionary group that includes all living lizards and their closest extinct relatives. The new lizard “kings” are described in ...

Off the Dalmatian coast, the Adriatic Sea is dotted with small, usually deserted islets, many of which are bare rock and brush too small to show up on standard maps. Pod Kopiste and Pod Mrcaru are two ...

Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found, per the AP. The Puerto Rican crested anole, a brown ...

Some colorful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model evolution. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first time. What followed provided some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action, researchers say. Stroud’s new study ...

Learn how an ancient lizard ancestor’s unique physical characteristics have shocked paleontologists. A 242-million-year-old fossil found on a beach in Devon, England, is changing what we know about ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For most animals, reproduction is straightforward: Some species lay ...