Colorful reptile protected by fire, study shows. Aug. 25, 2011 — -- Alan Templeton was a 13-year-old Boy Scout when he saw his first collared lizard in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. He returned ...

Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

This is the fourth in a series of weekly columns about Colorado National Monument in honor of the park's centennial anniversary on May 24. Desert bighorn sheep and golden eagles consider Colorado ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Desert habitats are some of the harshest places on Earth: little water, scorching heat, and food sources loaded with salt make survival a constant battle. For chuckwallas and other desert lizards, ...

ch. 1. Lizards and humans -- ch. 2. Physical characteristics and behavior -- Shape and size -- Skin and coloration -- Limbs and locomotion -- Eyes and vision -- Ears and hearing -- Smell and taste -- ...