This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and the ability to birth live young Riley Black - Science Correspondent Fossils ...

How do reptiles of different sexes solve the same problem in different ways? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Binghamton University Week, Lindsey Swierk takes a closer look at anoles. Swierk is an ...

The relationship between changes in the environment and evolution in wild animals is not a one-way street, according to a new study that includes a Penn State biologist. The study shows that ...

The frilled shark, also called the lizard shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), is one of the ocean’s most ancient species. Its appearance and primitive features have barely changed since the Cretaceous ...

Funding was provided in part by the National Science Foundation. Tracy Langkilde receives funding from The Pennsylvania State University. An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ...

What does not kill you makes you stronger, they say. But, does that saying apply to venom? For some lizards, particularly the southern alligator lizard, the venom of black widow spiders, deadly for ...

Komodo dragons and monitor lizards belong to the same reptile family but differ in many different ways. Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards which are famous for their impressive size and ...