Two recent research efforts looked into the southern alligator lizard, which has one of nature’s more extreme mating strategies. A “reptilian love sandwich.”Credit...Brenda Ho Supported by By Cara ...

Lizards visually “shout” to get noticed when they are surrounded by a busy background of moving foliage, new research reveals. Attracting the attention of a mate can be tricky for lizards that have ...

It’s springtime in the nature world. We came across two mating lizard couples yesterday while many others are running around like cuckoos trying to get into the game. (Looked up cuckoos and they’re a ...

Young, male lizards desperate to mate, access women and avoid attack from older males by pretending to be one of the girls, a new study says. According to the study published in the Proceedings of the ...

New research shows male lizards are more likely than females to be attacked by predators because the bright colors they need to attract a mate also make them more conspicuous to birds. In the animal ...

Scientists have documented the rare strategy where some female populations of one reptile species, the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), are actually male mimics. Here, around 70 percent of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. For the male peninsular rock agama, attracting a mate is all about demonstrating fearlessness. What better way ...