It's a "significant insight into the distribution and ecology," researchers wrote in a study published in the Australian ...

Why they're awesome: Greater short-horned lizards have a squat, flat shape and short snouts, which makes them look more like amphibians than reptiles — hence the nickname "horny toads." But ...

The “elusive” species was only known from four specimens recorded in the Kimberley region between 1979 and 1984, researchers said.

Lemurs, lizards, whales — all are famed for their tails in some way. But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any ...

Orange-tailed ground skinks are considered “medium”-sized, reaching about 6 inches in length, the study said. They have “robust” bodies with “short” snouts and yellow-tinged eyes.

Nearly half the lizard’s length comes from its tail. The bodies of Mexican beaded lizards are thick and cylindrical, with long tails. They have short, muscular legs and broad, flat heads.

The later, larger pterodactyloids exhibited some features that seem opposite — large heads on long necks, a long wrist, short fifth toe and short tail. More recently, paleontologists added an ...

Orange-tailed ground skinks are considered “medium”-sized, reaching about 6 inches in length, the study said. They have “robust” bodies with “short” snouts and yellow-tinged eyes.

The carrot-tailed chuckwalla is an Arizona lizard that lives in one place: South Mountain Park. The orange-tailed lizard lives on South Mountain ...