Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...

If you've ever had a lizard scurry by you while relaxing at home, it might've made you jump. Most lizards aren't venomous, and they're happy to eat all the insects in your house. But it doesn't change ...

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted reptile in ...

Discover the Spider-Man lizard, a real-life marvel of East Africa. With a fiery red head and deep blue body, this agile rock-dwelling reptile dazzles during mating season.

The Italian wall lizard—a cigar-size Mediterranean reptile with a green back, mottled copper flanks, and a whiplike tail—is more or less the animal you picture when someone says the word “lizard.” ...

A mysterious cartoon lizard has become TikTok’s latest rising star. The green reptile, standing in a pitch-black room with a somewhat dazed smile, is repeatedly smacking a small lizard icon on a ...

Sports isn’t unfamiliar with an intrusion from the animal kingdom. Whether it is dogs on pitches at soccer games or cats at NFL games, interruptions from our furry friends have been seen throughout ...

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I have a love-hate relationship with sunscreen. I love that it helps me avoid vacation-sabotaging sunburns and unsightly dark spots while reducing my risk of skin cancer. But I don't love that many of ...