Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

Why Spiny-Tailed Lizards Turn Omnivore When Seasons Change (Image: IISc) Researchers from IISc have found that spiny-tailed lizards living in desert environments carefully adjust their diet and ...

We desert dwellers enjoy a huge diversity of native reptiles, especially in our open spaces, with an intriguing array of lizards present during the warm seasons. Some of them move lightning-fast, ...

Who am I? I am a desert spiny lizard, otherwise known as Sceloporus magister. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so behold this: We can be as small as 3 1/4 inches or more than 5 inches long. We're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "They're not there," he said. "It seems like the species is now extinct." Yarrow's spiny lizards may be extinct in the Mule ...

PHOENIX — The winner of the 18th annual wildlife photo contest for Arizona Game and Fish Department was chosen out of more than 800 entries. Randi Najac’s photo of a desert spiny lizard was awarded ...

Spiny lizards in the New Mexico desert regulated their temperatures better when shade was dispersed in several small clusters compared to one large clump. The study says models that predict species ...

A genetically distinct population of Yarrow's spiny lizard in Arizona's Mule Mountains is facing local extinction due to climate change. Conservationists have petitioned to list the lizard as a ...

Lizards do push ups to communicate, not to exercise or regulate temperature. Male lizards do push ups to display dominance, defend territory and attract mates. Female lizards may do push ups to defend ...