In Arizona, spotting a lizard is as common as finding sunscreen in your glovebox. These scaly little sunbathers love soaking up the heat and if you catch one doing push-ups, don't worry, it's not ...

Almost everyone has seen a lizard doing something that looks surprisingly familiar: push-ups. Just like people might do push-ups as part of a workout routine, lizards are often seen raising and ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Desert lizards are facing a 'cost-of-living' squeeze as global temperatures continue to rise, a new study finds. For a lizard, the 'cost-of-living' is tightly linked to its body temperature, which ...

Pick a sunny day. Drive down Mule Pass just outside of Bisbee. Go through the tunnel. Find the trail that starts under a tree. Trek up Mount Ballard 7,000 feet, and look carefully. There, in the ...

When the desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) is thirsty, it cannot just lap up water or scoop it up like a bird because it lives in environments where water is extremely scarce. Typically, ...

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 ...