Worm lizards, or amphisbaenians, are a group of typically limbless, burrowing reptiles resembling worms that include a number of extinct and living species. "This is large for amphisbaenian ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing the Biden administration for classifying the dunes sagebrush lizard in May as ...

It's known as a Bipes biporus or the five-toed worm lizard. Their little hands are perfect for burrowing underground. But, what exactly are they? They're a reptile native to the Baja California ...

If they get too hot, horned lizards can burrow into dirt. They vibrate their heads, using the scales on their lower jaw to cut through the soil. Their round shape also helps with burrowing ...

University of Bristol researchers reveal key drivers behind diverse jaw shapes in lizards and snakes, focusing on ecological and evolutionary influences. Researchers from the University of Bristol ...

One of our most commonly sighted local lizards is also one of the speediest and most maneuverable. This lizard is the six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata). The first part of its common ...

But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain ... This is probably related to the slow worm's burrowing behaviour,' says Mark. 'It's hard to move backwards with ...

There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that ...

The lizards burrow in dry sand and hunt insects under leaves, debris and washed-up vegetation on beaches. In addition to threats from climate change and development, the skink is also at risk of ...

“Interestingly, we found that jaw shape evolves particularly fast in ecologically specialised groups, such as in burrowing and aquatic species, and in herbivorous lizards, suggesting that ...

The lizard is a rare sand-swimming reptile that occupies a very ... They require loose, moist soil for burrowing and need plant cover and a layer of leaf litter for feeding and protection from ...