As a herpetologist (someone who studies reptiles and amphibians), I am often in the field making observations well beyond an hour that normal people consider to be acceptable. And it is during these ...

The blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) is one variety of 10 species of spiny lizards that reside here in Texas, although it has a very limited range in this state. It can be observed in Texas ...

Whenever I think about habitats where I might find lizards, the first places where I would begin my search would be on the ground and underneath rocks, leaf litter, and/or other surface debris.

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 ...

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 ...

Climate change is causing extinctions at an increasing rate, a new study by the University of Arizona researchers shows. They surveyed populations of the Yarrow's spiny lizard in 18 mountain ranges in ...

The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led researchers to record the first known instance of a spotted ...