Nature hides some remarkably convincing impostors among its ranks, creatures with armored scales, gliding wings, 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 ...

A lizard’s intricately patterned skin follows rules like those used by a simple type of computer program. As the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) grows, it transforms from a drab, polka-dotted ...

When the desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) is thirsty, it cannot just lap up water or scoop it up like a bird ...