herpetology

Lizards born to parents that experienced persistent heat had shortened telomeres, a genetic weathering that typically happens with age but can also be exacerbated by stress.

Research finds that a high-sugar diet supplied by tourists is giving Bahamian rock iguanas the lizard equivalent of high blood sugar.

The University of Southern California bioengineer studies how lizards regrow their tails, with the goal of one day inducing regeneration in humans.

The Princeton University evolutionary biologist studies how animals are changing due to human activity.

Throughout his career, the University of California, Berkeley, herpetologist named 144 species of salamanders.

A special hinge joint allows some turtle species to close and open their shells.

Richard Vogt, this year’s awardee, showed inappropriate images of researchers in the field during his acceptance speech.

The lizards may be signaling one another using fluorescent cues that we can’t see.

The small lizards adapted to unique niches among dozens of isles.

A species of freshwater turtle deemed to be extinct may never have existed in the first place.