"Evolution can move a lot faster than people think when the right pressure shows up." ...

Like many residents of warm climates, the brown lizards scurrying around New Orleans have a worse temper in extreme heat. According to a new study from Tulane researchers, these invasive brown anoles ...

Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, ...

Humans for ages believed that wall lizards coexisted in three distinct color types, each with its own strategy for survival. For millions of years, scientists observed a vibrant mix of colors ...

We need to talk about the lizards. I think they’re up to something. Here in South Florida we’re accustomed to lizards, of course; they’re everywhere. When I moved here decades ago, the lizards were ...

A myriad of colours that survived millions of years of evolution have disappeared in a short period of time. The culprit? A bright green, aggressive, and sexually dominant wall lizard that has wiped ...

For millions of years, the common wall lizard kept a fragile evolutionary balance with vibrant orange, yellow, and ...