Research by a student in the Evolution, Ecology and Conservation Biology (EECB) graduate program recently published on Panamanian lizards has generated more questions on the role of the microbiome ...

Jonathan Losos, a lizard biologist at Washington University, was catching anole lizards in the Bahamas decades ago when he came across an unusual specimen. “The lizard was nimble,” Losos recalls in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Green anoles are less frequently seen near the ground as brown anoles become more prolific, instead evolving to a better suited ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found. The Puerto Rican crested ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos — delicious Latin American pastries — fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. In this ...

Scientists have long thought that a lizard losing a leg should be a death sentence. New evidence seems to overturn this assumption, showing that some lizards can not only survive, but even thrive ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. Here we ...

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...

Strong hurricanes can leave a trail of destruction and hardships to remember them by, but new research shows that these powerful storms also give lizards a long-lasting gift: larger toepads. Evidence ...

Peter's rock agama is spreading in Florida, and experts fear it may increase your risk of mosquito-borne diseases.