Long before humans were a thing, some lizard species were finding mates using the guidelines of the human hand game, rock-paper-scissors If you live in California's Central Valley, you are probably ...

As the evening sun trickled through the forest in Malaysia, an elusive lizard searched for a bed. It settled on some plants and fell asleep. But the night would not be a restful one. “Our student ...

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 ...

Three near-identical U.S. lizards have kept their identities for millions of years in a way that researchers compare to the game Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Mother lizards can induce different color patterns in their offspring in response to social cues, reports research published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal Ecology Letters. Female ...

There’s a particular type of lizard that changes the color of its spots as it ages — and researchers have just discovered the mathematical rules that govern this peculiar metamorphosis. In fact, one ...

Skin color patterns in animals arise from microscopic interactions among colored cells that obey equations, say investigators. Researchers report that a lizard acquires its adult skin color by ...

From three morphs to one: Across 220 populations, the pattern is consistent: where "Hulk" arrives, yellow and orange throat ...