Man' lizard — a herpetologist explains how it flashes red and blue in seconds to win mates and settle rival showdowns.

"They have evolved in a context where they didn't have to be afraid of anything." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the evening sun trickled through the forest in Malaysia, an elusive lizard searched for a bed. It settled on some plants and ...

What if you picked up a lizard and realized there was something more under its skin? The scales of the ocellated lizard form labyrinthine patterns of black and green. This species probably evolved its ...

Juveniles of numerous lizard species have a vividly blue-colored tail that likely serves to deflect predator attacks toward the detachable tail rather than the lizard's body. Now researchers have ...

Male lizard color may result from female preference. The anole lizard’s dewlap — a flap of skin that hangs beneath its chin — plays an important role in species recognition, territorial defense and ...

Mother lizards can induce different color patterns in their offspring in response to social cues, reports research published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal Ecology Letters. Female ...

Australian lizards are attracted to females with the brightest orange patches -- but preferably not too large -- on their underbelly, according to research. Lake Eyre dragon lizards are found ...

Long before humans were a thing, some lizard species were finding mates using the guidelines of the human hand game, rock-paper-scissors If you live in California's Central Valley, you are probably ...