It’s not that Collins, a herpetologist, wasn’t familiar with the Italian Wall lizard. It just wasn’t supposed to be in Lawrence. But 40 years after the first such critters were set loose in ...

The researchers say these adult lizards are just the tip of the iceberg. If they’re getting through customs import checks, what’s the chance of small insects and fungi – the things that ...

A study appearing in Behavioral Ecology shows that in male wall lizards, certain behaviors have a greater influence on the way they resolve territorial disputes than their size and coloration.