We tend to think the contours of biodiversity are well known, especially in extensively studied areas. However, this is not necessarily the case and sometimes strikingly new species are discovered ...

One of the most commonly seen lizards in the Southern states is the green anole, also known as the North American green anole or Carolina anole. (Its scientific name is Anolis carolinensis.) Although ...

The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and screens and ...

The following are answers to several questions I have been asked recently about a common lizard of the Southeast, called green anoles by some people and American chameleons by others: Q: I live in ...

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The Forgotten Coast is being invaded by an exotic lizard called the Cuban brown anole. This may not be a crisis unless you are a native green anole, in which case, raise the alarm because the newly ...

A group of passionate lizard scientists have published a guide to the dozens of species of Anolis: small, brightly-coloured tree lizards related to iguanas. Colombia holds more than 75 species of ...

A commercial reptile dealer presented a green anole (Anolis carolinensis) with a lesion involving the left lateral aspect of the head including the eye and the entire length of the maxilla to the ...

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JASON: BECAUSE WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES YESTERDAY, WE WANTED TO BRING YOU THE SCIENCE OF IT AGAIN THIS MORNING. YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THOSE THINGS RUNNING AROUND YOUR YARD. THEY ARE LIZARDS ...