The Gila monster is one of the few venomous lizards on Earth. It lives mostly underground, eats only occasionally, and ...

Despite its intimidating name, Moloch horridus, better known as the thorny devil, is actually a small desert lizard found in ...

Desert lizards, like chuckwallas, face harsh conditions with salty food and little water. To combat this, they've evolved a unique adaptation: sneezing salt. Specialized nasal glands filter excess ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s early morning in the Australian desert, and a squat, palm-sized lizard called the thorny devil is having a drink. It hasn’t ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have found that a species of lizard in the Mojave Desert lives in family groups and shows patterns of social behavior more ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Desert lizards may be able to teach us a thing or two about digging into loose sandy environments, such as at the beach or in the desert. Image Credit: TCB/Pixabay Researchers from the University of ...

It’s early morning in the Australian desert, and a squat, palm-sized lizard called the thorny devil is having a drink. It hasn’t rained for weeks, and there’s no water in sight. The lizard’s body is ...

Researchers have found that a species of lizard in the Mojave Desert lives in family groups and shows patterns of social behavior more commonly associated with mammals and birds. Their investigation ...