Researchers observed that side-blotched lizards use different tactics depending on environmental conditions.

A juvenile western fence lizard basked on the sun-warmed fence post, flicking its tongue at passing insects.

Along the dry hillside, western fence lizards darted between sun-warmed rocks and sagebrush.

I visited Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard last summer to explore its historic church and countryside.

Conservationists are racing to protect the La Gomera giant lizard, Gallotia bravoana, which is found only on that island.

The Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard is critically endangered, and conservationists are racing to protect its cloud-forest habitat in El Salvador and Honduras.

They resolved the argument by playing rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

The lizardfish lay half-buried on the sandy seabed, waiting to ambush unsuspecting shrimp and small fish.

At dawn, the lizardfishes scoured the sandy seabed for small crustaceans.

The geologist identified lizardite in the thin section, noting its characteristic fibrous texture.