Spreading through the Americas, one lizard group, the anoles, evolved like Darwin's finches, adapting to different islands and different habitats on the mainland. Today there are more than 400 ...

The vast diversity of anole lizards found throughout the Americas helps scientists understand what factors drive the evolution of life. (goatling, CC BY 2.0) Contemplating the diversity of life on ...

Lizard-eating corn snakes are also out hunting, trying to find the anoles before we do. As we wrap up another 16-hour day at about 11:30 p.m., the team shares stories of the night.

In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do.

Lindsey Swierk By Sharon Oosthoek July 27, 2021 at 8:00 am - More than 2 years ago Some anole lizards have a newfound superpower: They can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble on their ...

Water anoles, semiaquatic lizards that are shorter than a pencil, are highly sought-after snacks among predators in Costa Rican and Panamanian rainforests. Preyed upon by snakes, birds, small ...

One of the most commonly seen lizards in the Southern states is the green anole, also known as North American green anole or Carolina anole. (Its scientific name is Anolis carolinensis.) Although ...

Water anoles, a semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of southern Costa Rica. These green-brown water anoles can dive underwater to escape would-be predators — and stay there for ...

There is another species of lizard that has been introduced into our area that competes with the native Green Anole. This lizard is known as the Brown Anole.