The natural world is full of fascinating creatures, each adapted to its environment in unique ways. Among these, the green ...

“To jump on the water surface, you have to have your legs retracted and ready to push down again by the time you’re ...

The animal kingdom abounds with water-walkers: water striders perch atop ponds with thin legs held aloft with the help of water-repelling hair; basilisk lizards can run as far as five feet across ...

The plumed basilisk, also called the green basilisk, double-crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is native to Central America. The ...

Stroud suspects that the longer legs helped the browns run faster to escape predators such as herons, egrets, mocking birds and larger invasive brown basilisk lizards from Central America.

Recently hatched juveniles are about three-quarters of an inch in snout-vent length. Texas horned lizards occur in all but the southeast corner of Oklahoma, but typically in open areas. Their North ...

Adult females are slightly smaller, reaching just over four inches in snout to vent length. The distribution of eastern collared lizards in North America extends from northwestern Arizona through ...