Editor’s note: “Critters” features insects, spiders, snakes and other freaky/fun creatures unique to the Grand Valley. You know, the kinds of critters you aim to keep your distance from, but love to ...

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 ...

A dozen Oklahoma-born eastern collared lizards now call Arkansas home and, with a little luck, these transplants may be able to replenish a pocket of prime habitat in west-central Arkansas. The ...

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of ...

Scientists found a rock-dwelling animal with neck “pockets” in Rondônia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from André Luiz Carvalho A “collared” creature stood guard on a rocky ...

Caudal displays that lure or divert the attention of prey are well documented in legless squamates that use sit-and-wait foraging. By contrast, empirical evidence that caudal displays serve to ...

We investigate the roles of mitochondrial introgression and incomplete lineage sorting during the phylogenetic history of crotaphytid lizards. Our Bayesian phylogenetic estimate for Crotaphytidae is ...