McKITTRICK, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Temblor legless lizard may qualify for protection ...

Snakes have long been associated with a lack of legs. In fact, that’s one of the major ways that scientists identify snakes ...

A new species of legless lizard was found slithering along the slopes of Serra da Neve, the second-tallest mountain in Angola. Legless lizards, known as skinks, resemble snakes, hiding among ...

Zoo Knoxville's Meagan Jones and JJ Jones bring Legolas, the legless lizard, to WATE's studios and share more about the difference between legless lizards and snakes. Yahoo Sports ...

In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do.

If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake. But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are ...

While lizards shedding their tails are a familiar example, the mechanisms behind this process remain largely mysterious. Now, scientists have unveiled a key piece of the puzzle. By studying the ...

Biologists from the University of Michigan have uncovered the rapid evolutionary change in snakes from their legless lizard ancestors. According to their study in Science, snakes developed unique ...

It can be challenging to engage someone from a distance. Draco lizards, however, have an interesting technique of performing upper body workouts to get the attention of their potential mates.

Reptiles, especially lizards and snakes, are popular pets in American households. More than four million American households own at least one reptilian pet. Some reptiles are closely related lik ...

It’s their moment in the sun. Zoo Miami successfully hatched 71 Texas horned lizards as part of a pioneering satellite project. The zoo collaborated with the Center for Conservation & Research ...

Hightail Lizards are very common creatures in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. They're pretty large for a lizard, but they run like the wind. Once caught, they can be used in cooking ...