A night lizards of the family Xantusiidae survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million ...

The elusive Coapilla arboreal alligator lizard -- or Abronia cunemica -- has been discovered in the town of Coapilla in southern Mexico following five scientific expeditions spanning more than ...

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the impact site in Mexico.

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

Oil and gas industry supporters worried conserving the rare lizard species in the Permian Basin could restrict industry access to land.

Mexican beaded lizards are closely related to Gila monsters. Learn more, including their appearance, normal habitat, and venomous bite.

This is the time of year when you're likely to see one of the 47 species of lizards that call New Mexico home.

Coapilla arboreal alligator lizards have only been found around Coapilla, the study said. Coapilla is a town in the southern state of Chiapas and about 430 miles southeast of Mexico City.

While the lizards reproduce fully on their own, the New Mexico whiptail and Colorado checkered whiptail both engage in pseudocopulation, in which one lizard mounts another, bites, and hooks its ...

A disappearing lizard population in the mountains of Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.

Protections for a struggling lizard amid southeast New Mexico’s oilfields were delayed by about a month in response to fossil fuel industry concerns as the federal government collects public ...