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There Be Dragons: 6-Foot-Long Lizard Terrifies Florida Family
By Mindy Weisberger published
In Florida, a giant lizard has one family too scared to use their pool.
Death-Defying Lizards Fly Off Sticks During Leaf-Blower Wind Experiment
By Colin Donihue published
Only the strongest survive.
This 240-Million-Year-Old Reptile Is the 'Mother of All Lizards'
By Mindy Weisberger published
The tiny creature gave rise to all squamates, a group that includes lizards and snakes.
We Still Don't Know Why These Lizards Have Lime-Green Blood
By Laura Geggel published
A new evolutionary investigation finds that skinks likely evolved to have green blood a total of four different times throughout history.
Here's Why an Ancient Lizard Had 4 Eyes
By Laura Geggel published
About 49 million years ago, a long-tailed monitor lizard perceived the world not with two but with four eyes, a new study finds.
Florida Scientists Are Running Around at Night Bashing in Iguanas' Skulls
By Rafi Letzter published
A team of scientists in Florida are on a three-month, $63,000 iguana-bashing spree.
Chameleons' Secret Glow Comes from Their Bones
By Mindy Weisberger published
Previously unknown glow-in-the-dark patterns in chameleons have a bony origin.
Watch for Falling Iguanas! Bomb Cyclone Drops Frozen Lizards
By Brandon Specktor published
It's snowing iguanas in Florida. The good news is they probably aren't dead.
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