Diploderma bifluviale, a tiny new species of mountain lizard, was discovered in the valleys of the upper Dadu River Basin in ...

A new species of an “unusually large” alligator-like lizard has been discovered in the treetops of southern Mexico, after scientists spent years searching for the elusive reptile. A study published in ...

A small lizard with a wheat-colored tongue, Diploderma bifluviale, has been discovered and named a new species that's already ...

The Yarrow's spiny lizard lives in a narrow band of the Mule Mountains, but its numbers are declining as temperatures warm ...

Lizards are often misunderstood creatures, but their behaviors and adaptations are nothing short of extraordinary. What do lizards do to be so noteworthy? Prepare to be amazed. Lizards’ bodies are ...

For more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians Jack Tamisiea A slender-toed gecko in New Guinea. In 2020, Smithsonian herpetologist George ...

Scientists found an eight-eyed animal with ǃúhook-shapedǃù genitalia in a cave of Guizhou province and discovered a new species, a study said. (Dreamstime/TNS) In Vietnam’s “driest and hottest” ...

The largest zoo in Georgia is working hard to help conserve one of the world's rarest lizard species. Zoo Atlanta sent 11 endangered Guatemalan beaded lizards (Heloderma charlesbogerti) to La Aurora ...

Climate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. The word “adaptation” is used in many ways by climate scientists, but it has ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Mule Mountains population of the Yarrow’s spiny lizard under the Endangered Species Act.