Bright green lizards cling to tree trunks in neighborhoods across South Florida. These reptiles are Cuban knight anoles, large arboreal lizards originally from Cuba. Decades ago, they appeared mainly ...

Many lizards and insects shed their skin as part of their growth. Molting is essential as they grow larger and older, and it ...

Some anole lizards have a newfound superpower: They can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble on their snouts. What’s more, these reptiles can stay submerged for nearly 20 minutes by ...

Almost every animal in the rainforest enjoys snacking on water anoles, but slippery skin and an ability to carry an air bubble underwater help them survive. By Sara Novak Water anoles, semiaquatic ...

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HOUSTON – If you’ve lived in Houston or Southeast Texas for any period of time, chances are you have probably noticed the small green lizards known as the Green Anole. These guys are one of the most ...

The bubbles the anole lizards use may act as a "physical gill" that can pull oxygen from the water while accumulated carbon dioxide escapes into the water over the surface of the bubble in a process ...

More than 20 years ago, Jonathan Losos was in the Bahamas pursuing one of his favorite pastimes — catching and measuring anole lizards — when he spotted a familiar reptilian flash on a branch. But ...

Some urban lizards have been hiding a heavy secret: They may be among the most lead-tolerant vertebrates on the planet. The average anole’s lead level was 955 micrograms per deciliter of blood, over ...