Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

Scaly reptiles and their skin-breathing cousins, amphibians, have spread throughout the world, first as pets, then as escapees. Since the mid-1970s, interest in exotic pets like snakes and lizards has ...

An accumulation of scientific research suggests that there’s a lot more to the social lives of lizards, snakes and related creatures. By Hannah Thomasy Ned and Sunny stretch out together on the warm ...

Lizards are common visitors in many homes around the world, scurrying across walls, ceilings, and kitchen corners.