Australian major skinks possess a remarkable natural immunity to potent snake neurotoxins, achieved through a mutation in their nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. This genetic adaptation, mirroring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. (file photo/Submitted photo) So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of a lizard, you probably think of a scaly reptile with a tail and four visible limbs. The thing is, not all ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — There are many ...

What do you call a reptile with no legs? If you answered “snake,” you’d be right. But did you know there’s another kind of reptile that fits the same description? They’re called legless lizards, and ...

Researchers have discovered that predation by snakes is pushing lizards to be active at warmer body temperatures on islands where snakes are present, in comparison to islands free from snakes. The ...

When you think of a lizard, you probably think of a scaly reptile with a tail and four visible limbs. The thing is, not all lizards have legs. These lizards, called glass lizards because their tails ...

North Carolina is home to three legless lizard species, often mistaken for snakes. Glass lizards differ from snakes with ear openings, eyelids and more rigid bodies. Glass lizards eat insects and ...